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Plato, Socrates, Glaucon sat and talked about a chair and bed, Discussing What was real and Was not. "The originals Are safe With God." "Anything after's Imitation; The Carpenter Creates a representation Of the Real But never duplicates, And in some way Honors the Original." "The problem lies With poets whose ideas stray In artful Imitation, Sort of a third-hand Bit of Gossip About Truth." "In a perfect world, Original thoughts Exist only the mind of God And artisans create One-off visions of The Prime." "To stay near Truth, Let's banish poets And their poems And create the Ideal Republic." then ee cummings sauntered in - said - boys i see a universe next door Lets g o o o o! Glaucon shook his head, Took cumming's arm And followed Dada Off the stage.
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Apr 22, 2015
Apr 22, 2015 at 10:03 PM UTC
Plato Saw the Danger...of Poets
Plato, Socrates, Glaucon sat and talked about a chair and bed, Discussing What was real and Was not. "The originals Are safe With God." "Anything after's Imitation; The Carpenter Creates a representation Of the Real But never duplicates, And in some way Honors the Original." "The problem lies With poets whose ideas stray In artful Imitation, Sort of a third-hand Bit of Gossip About Truth." "In a perfect world, Original thoughts Exist only the mind of God And artisans create One-off visions of The Prime." "To stay near Truth, Let's banish poets And their poems And create the Ideal Republic." then ee cummings sauntered in - said - boys i see a universe next door Lets g o o o o! Glaucon shook his head, Took cumming's arm And followed Dada Off the stage.
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Apr 22, 2015
Apr 22, 2015 at 10:03 PM UTC
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