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<DIV><BR><A name=start></A><A name=10></A>Socrates - GLAUCON <A name=11></A><BR><BR>Of he many excellences which I perceive in the order of our State, <A name=12></A>there is none which upon reflection pleases me better than the rule about <A name=13></A>poetry. <A name=14></A><BR><BR>To what do you refer? <A name=15></A><BR>To the rejection of imitative poetry, which certainly ought not to <A name=16></A>be received; as I see far more clearly now that the parts of the soul have <A name=17></A>been distinguished. <A name=18></A><BR><BR>What do you mean? <A name=19></A><BR>Speaking in confidence, for I should not like to have my words repeated <A name=20></A>to the tragedians and the rest of the imitative tribe --but I do not mind <A name=21></A>saying to you, that all poetical imitations are ruinous to the understanding <A name=22></A>of the hearers, and that the knowledge of their true nature is the only <A name=23></A>antidote to them. <A name=24></A>.......</DIV>
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