PHL105Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: European Credit Transfer And Accumulation System, Hummus
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The republic: to design an ideal society (utopian) Role of art in the republic is very important. He is conservative on his views about art can be said to be censorship. He thinks art is dangerous in the sense of it can potentially corrupt our morals. He doesn"t want to leave the education of the youth to the poets and artists, he thinks drama is the most dangerous of all arts. Imitates bad things (likely to damage our morals) Plato had the idea that artists just copy (all art by its nature is merely coping something) Highest good is knowledge for plato (philosophers are the best informed and thus should design and run the educational system) If you want knowledge you should look at the original and not a copy! Art work is clouding your perception of the truth since it is a copy.
