A Good Idea Gone Bad
The poem critiques the theory of literature in Plato’s Republic. If fair Philosophy could be the kingand Poets only truth and goodness sing,that, Plato thought, would be the ideal state.So, Homer’s gone. His gods do…
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The Cave: Plato’s Fable and Christian Salvation
Picture men dwelling in a sort of subterranean cavern with a long entrance open to the light on its entire width. Conceive them as having their legs and necks fettered from childhood, so that they…