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Second class on Plato: the Cave, Socrates's argument with poetry early and late

Published: Oct. 9, 2010, 4:21 a.m.

b"Second class on Plato: the through line in Socrates being his ambivalence about poetry: in the Republic, in the Ion, for example.\\xa0 His penchant for quoting Homer despite this.\\xa0 Compared to Hamlet quoting Aeneas's Tale to Dido.\\xa0 What threat does poetry represent to philosophy? Both seek the same ground as discourses of everything.\\xa0 The idea of divine inspiration: the magnetic influence of poetry.\\xa0 More on forms.\\xa0 The form of mud in the Parmenides."