3/27 Republic Assignment

DUE TUE 3/27 Republic Assignment
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.
I think that people would want Homer censored because he brings out the light of peoples bad habits and doings. For example in the Iliad, there is killing, stealing, raping, hurting, cursing. All of these terrible things. I think that people would want this censored is because they are happy thinking that they are the greatest nation of all. They want to think that they only do good, and that the Gods only do good.

Then read pp. 67-76 (Section I. Secondary or Literary Education)
2. Short Answers

a. What are Homer and Hesiod guilty of?
Representing the Gods as deceitful and troublesome.

b. What are the two main characteristics of “god” and what are the laws/principles of story telling based on those characteristics?
The first main characteristic of "god" is that god is not the cause of all, but only good.
The second main characteristic of the gods is to never show deceit.

3. Compare what you wrote in your personal reflection above (#1) with what Plato wrote. How close were you to what Plato wrote?
Well, pretty darn close :D