This philosophical work attacks most poetry and art because of its imitative nature, and one statement is ethically expanded by the two "pleasure proofs".
This philosophical work attacks most poetry and art because of its imitative nature, and one statement is ethically expanded by the two "pleasure proofs". It divides people into Workers, Auxiliaries, and Guardians, and one central idea is said to be "the advantage of the stronger". It declares that an ideal state is ruled by philosophers and creates the doctrine that experience is known through shadows which are only manifestations of true reality, which consists of ideas called "forms". One famous section characterizes people as facing away from the light while chained up in a cave. FTP, name this work in which Socrates debates the nature of justice, a Platonic dialogue which has a title referring to a form of government.
This philosophical work attacks most poetry and art because of its imitative nature, and one statement is ethically expanded by the two "pleasure proofs".
The {Republic}