Motif
purification of the civic order by excluding harmful performance
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A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Civic Order and the Body Politic. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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The Republic BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX. / BOOK X.; lines 23819-23921 confidence: medium
The imitative poet is compared to the painter: both are linked with inferior truth, and the poet is said to strengthen feelings while impairing reason.
The speaker argues that imitative poetry should be refused admission to the well-ordered State, while only hymns to the gods and praises of famous men should be admitted.
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