Chapter 1 - Plato

I read the chapter and am lost. What I took from the reading is that poetry was harmful to civilization. Poetry corrupts man with false and unmoral ideals. The poets have made the Gods seem unjust and at times immoral. Plato thinks this will destroy the value common people will place on the leaders of the Republic. If Gods can be bribed and have lack of self-control then what keeps people from becoming corrupt. Basically Plato thinks poetry should be strictly sensored for the sake of the people.

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