
R4.5 Anatomy of the Soul | Plato's Republic, book 4 w/ Jonathan Lear
Ancient Greece Declassified
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Plato's Use of Inhibition to Understand the Soul Parts
A good work of art is the one that stimulates each sole part in the appropriate way, he says. So does that mean that for plato, a good work of Art is to stimulate both? That would certainly be right, yes. And i think tha the issue for plato is, is my life in art and with art, part of a communicative process between me and the world i inhabit,. where both i and the world flourish.
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