Caricature art ancient Greek philosopher Plato tearing up books he is famous for wanting to banish poetry & poets from his ideal city of The Republic
Plato's three main objections to poetry are that poetry is not ethical, philosophical and pragmatic. In 'The Republic' Plato he condemns poetry (art) as cultivating evil habits and vices in the same work, Plato even encourages censorship, proposing that every literary work should be checked by the Philosopher ruler.
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