The Republic, Part III Education, Section 1. pp. 67-76
1. Short Paragraph – Personal Reflection: Before reading the selection from Plato write at least one full paragraph on this question: Why do you think Plato (or anyone else) would want to censor Hesiod? Remember that Hesiod was the poet who wrote about the fight between the gods and the titans.
2. Then read pp. 67-76 (
3. Short Answers – Text based questions. Answer both questions
a. What are Homer and Hesiod guilty of?
And
b. What are the two main characteristics of “god” and what are the laws/principles of story telling based on those characteristics?
4. Compare what you wrote in your personal reflection above (#1) with what Plato wrote. How close were you to what Plato wrote?
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