I know a bit about Plato, if you want any help. (Certainly far more than I know about that Saussure stuff you were puzzling over recently). I'd be happy to offer my brains for the picking; or, if you'd like me to look over a draft of the essay and offer some suggestions, I'd be happy to do that too. What's the question?
ooh Jasper! You are the bestest person to know when doing Philosophy things je pense!
Okay, the question is:
"How far do you agree with Plato's views on the relationship between art and society? Use modern examples NOT drawn from out later case studies to illustrate your arguments"
And if you could read a draft, that'd be ace! I'm going to try and do one by Sunday. Thanks Jasperino!
You are the bestest person to know when doing Philosophy things je pense!
Donc je suis.
Given the title of the course, I kind of guessed it'd be a question like that. Feel free to send along a draft, as and when you have one ready.
Basically, Plato didn't like art, and he didn't feel that it had any place in a properly ordered society. He focused particularly on poetry, if I remember correctly, but his critique can be applied to any form of art involving mimesis -- imitation -- which basically includes all but the most abstract stuff. Have you covered his allegory of the Cave? He believed that everything in the sensible (perceivable through the senses) and temporal (changing over time) world around us was an imperfect imitation of the intelligible (known only through the pure intellect) and eternal (unchanging) world of the Forms. And he felt that what human beings should aspire to do would be to elevate their thoughts up from these imitations to apprehend the Forms themselves. But, if it was already bad to focus one's attention on
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Okay, the question is:
"How far do you agree with Plato's views on the relationship between art and society? Use modern examples NOT drawn from out later case studies to illustrate your arguments"
And if you could read a draft, that'd be ace! I'm going to try and do one by Sunday.
Thanks Jasperino!
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Donc je suis.
Given the title of the course, I kind of guessed it'd be a question like that. Feel free to send along a draft, as and when you have one ready.
Basically, Plato didn't like art, and he didn't feel that it had any place in a properly ordered society. He focused particularly on poetry, if I remember correctly, but his critique can be applied to any form of art involving mimesis -- imitation -- which basically includes all but the most abstract stuff. Have you covered his allegory of the Cave? He believed that everything in the sensible (perceivable through the senses) and temporal (changing over time) world around us was an imperfect imitation of the intelligible (known only through the pure intellect) and eternal (unchanging) world of the Forms. And he felt that what human beings should aspire to do would be to elevate their thoughts up from these imitations to apprehend the Forms themselves. But, if it was already bad to focus one's attention on ( ... )
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(By the way, Jasper, I really enjoyed reading this reply.)
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