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A 5 page paper which examines Plato’s perspectives of
the arts and drama and then discusses how Lysistrata by Aristophanes fits in with those
ideas. Plato’s Republic and Apology are cited. No additional sources cited.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RApltar.rtf
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is run to the truth behind men and women. In light of such realities it comes as no surprise to note that he also had opinions regarding the arts. He
discussed poetry, artistry, music, and many other fields of the arts, relating them to the condition of man but also presenting the reader with an understanding of what the arts
meant to Plato. Bearing that in mind the following paper examines two of his dialogues, Republic and Apology, discussing his opinion of the arts. Following this discussion we examine how
he would have felt about Aristophanes comedy "Lysistrata." Republic and Apology In the Republic it is quite obvious that Plato is considering the system of a government and the
people who run the government. But, he is also considering the people that make up the society as a whole, those people who are part of the society and perhaps
necessary to create a society. As such he discusses art and artists, stating that "the lover of art and music who has all the experiences of youthful life. He is
full of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to the light the seamy side of human life, and
yet does not lose faith in the just and true" (Plato Jowett Translation Characters). In this we see that Plato appears to be indicating that the lover of the arts,
and thus the arts themselves, are fields of society that truly speak of a sort of heightened awareness. The arts transcend the mundane and the ignorant and present the society
with a sense of cohesiveness to some extent. Plato continues in this vein illustrating the following: "It is Glaucon who seizes what may be termed the ludicrous relation of
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