Book II, 377a-Book III, 392c
Critique of poetic stories about gods and heroes.
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From The Republic by Plato
Plato banishes imitative poetry from the ideal city, arguing it is twice removed from truth and corrupts the soul by feeding the lower parts.
Book X, 595a-608b
Renewed attack: imitation as third from truth; the 'ancient quarrel between philosophy and poetry' (607b).
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