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Three questions regarding topics from Platos republic, need 2 full thorough paragraphs each.

1. In Book X of Plato’s Republic, Socrates says his major objection to tragic poetry is that it can corrupt even the very best of people. Setting aside the question of whether this provides sufficient reason for censorship, has Socrates shown (on pages 558-60 [605c-608c]) that it is possible for an institution like Greek theatre to corrupt almost anyone? In considering Socrates’ argument, please be sure to explain carefully and in detail the reasons Socrates gives for thinking that much of the poetry of his time could be harmful, drawing on what he says earlier in Book X and, to the degree necessary, on his discussion of the divided line of the visible and the intelligible, discussed at the end of Book VI (pages 459-63 [508b-511e]).


2. In Book VIII of Plato’s Republic Socrates discusses democracy and the democratic man, arguing that they are beset by similar, closely related problems. Is Socrates right that democracies suffer from these problems? Why or why not? Be sure to present the principle claims Socrates makes about democracies and “the democratic man”, explaining the reasons and evidence he gives to support these claims on pages 506-511 [557a-562d] and also the role his concept of what justice is in the individual and in the state (as set out in Book IV) plays here.


3. 2. In Book V of Plato’s Republic, Socrates discusses the relationship between belief and knowledge, comparing things that can be known with things about which we can have only belief. Is he right that the kind of things that are knowable are not the same kind of things as those about which we can have only belief? Why or why not? Please be sure to present carefully and in detail the distinction between belief and knowledge on pages 428-433[476c-480a] and to explain whether this distinction is the same as the distinction between knowledge and true belief made in Meno, pages 92-95 [97a-99d].

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Plato: The Republic
Book X – Poetry (
In a surprising and astonishing move, Socrates opts to banish poets from the city. He has
three main reasons which center on poets being dangerous and unwholesome. The first reason is
that poets pretend to know everything yet they know nothing. Poets are considered to have
knowledge of everything they write about. According to Socrates, the images that poets deal with
are unknown as they are images that are far removed from what is real. By presenting these
things, they turn their audience away from what is real. Secondly, poets tend to imitate the worst
aspect of a soul and avoid the rational part. This is because the rational part is hard to understand
and imitate. Thirdly, poets tend to corrupt the soul by deceiving individuals to sympathize with
people who lust inappropriately, joke at base things, and grieve excessively. People will then
believe that there is no shame in indulging in such emotions in relation to fictional characters.
And because people feel these emotions in relation to ...


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