DUE WED 3/28 Plato Assignment

Short Paragraph – Personal Reflection: Before reading the selection from Plato write at least one full paragraph on this question: Why do you think Plato (or anyone else) would want to censor Homer?

I think some people would want to censor homer because he talks about how the gods picked sides. If they pick sides they are then they are technically fighting with each other and that makes them 'bad'.

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According to Plato, what are some aspects of poetry that should be banned and why? In other words, how can poetry undermine the education of a Guardian?
Plato said that poetry that states that bad thing s about the afterlife or 'questionable' statements about the gods should be banned from poetry.

What should poetry “teach” and why?
I didn't catch what Plato said poetry should 'teach', i will ask what he said tomorrow in class.

If you were talking to Plato what would you say to him? Do you agree with his ideas? Do you think poetry, or literature in general, should be put to the purposes that he says it should?
1. If I were talking to Plato i would argue with him about why he thinks that people should write about what they want, weather it be moral or immoral. I mean you should have the write to talk about what you think is write, and if you know what u are saying it is false simply label as a 'fictional' piece of writing'.
2. I do not agree with Plato's ideas at all, i think i like free speech too much to think about anyone else's argument.
3. I do not think that writing should be put to the purposes that Plato says it should be because it kills the idea of free speech that i treasure so much.