Sujet : Re: idiots walk among us
De : garym (at) *nospam* mcgath.com (Gary McGath)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.fandom rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 10. Mar 2025, 17:05:14
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On 3/10/25 10:39 AM, Don wrote:
When the West weaponizes drama it becomes political theater. In answer
to the question rhetorical regarding rule of a democracy by drama (a
theatrocracy, in other words), Plato says:
Exposure to dramatic poetry nurtures and waters the passions
instead of drying them up; it sets them up as rulers in us
when they ought to be subjects. ...
The tragic poet is an imitator, and therefore, like all other
imitators, he is thrice removed from the king and the truth. ...
Imitative art is far removed from truth and leads the soul
away from the rational to the emotional.
Plato despised democracy, was a huge advocate of censorship, and would have had an elite deciding what we should see. They'd replace vulgar poetry, no doubt, with edifying lectures on how grateful we should be to the philosopher-kings.
-- Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com
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