... amongst close friends. Sappho who lived about 600 BC, was the most famous melic poet. Sappho's verse was so intense and passionate it is said that no other Greek love poetry has ever matched it. Other lyric poets composed choral lyrics. These were sung by groups and accompanied by dancing and music. Some important writers of choral lyrics were Alcman, Steischorus ... Peloponnesian War in 404 BC, and there was less freedom of speech. With its elements of political and social satire, government leaders no longer permitted Old Comedy. Prose had surpassed poetry and verse drama by the end o...

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... is the "tragic flaw" or offense committed in ignorance."(Hutton 32) According to Aristotle's theory on the Origin of poetry and the growth of drama, it appears to have rooted from the instincts of the human being's ability to imitate. Like poetry, comedy is also said to have originated from the imitation of man, except for the fact that the imitator is ... ."(1911 Edition Encyclopedia 280). Gosson, presuming on Sidney's more cultivated Puritan sympathies, dedicated his work to him. The 1911 Edition Encyclopedia says "Gosson's work occasioned Sidney's essay The Defence of Poetry."(280). I...

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... . According to Plato, these poems which are staples of Athenian education contain lies and portray gods and heroes performing indecent and immoral acts. Therefore, Plato aims to censor all immoral poetry containing vice of any kind, "false stories" with bad representations of gods or heroes that discourages courage by heightening the guardian's fear of death, encourages extreme laughter, inspires lying by ... a bad person. He believes that imitative writing such as theatrical works of tragedy and comedy should be omitted from this just society. Therefore, Plato will only allow poetry con...

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... significance. He conceived that in early life the main instruments for bringing out what was best in the soul were first, literature, beginning with stories for children & going on to poetry: secondly, music, playing & singing; & thirdly, the plastic arts in general. He wanted the regulation of culture that he thought conditions the individual mind. Plato's Scheme of Education: His scheme of ... to be "melted & softened beyond what is good". Thus Education up to the age of seventeen or eighteen was to be a general education in music & gymnastics & other elements of science. Poetry didn'...

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... state of mind, though it is not a guaranteed one. It still opposes originality and a natural growth that is supported in the previous argument. It is no surprise that music and poetry are mediums of communication, however, they do not exist to consistently instill a certain message into the youths' brain. There is an evident correlation between music and their messages, and this ... ...

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... expertise will be wiser than he himself is. He wants to prove his doubt in knowledge. "That showed me in an instant that not by wisdom do poets write poetry, but by a sort of genius and inspiration; they are like diviners or soothsayers who also say many fine things, but do not understand the meaning of them" (Socrates in ... ...

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... , ranging from general issues like motion, causation, place and time, to systematic explorations and explanations of natural phenomena across different kinds of natural entities, as well as the study of poetry, theater, music, politics and government. Aristotle's views on the physical sciences profoundly shaped medieval culture, as well as had a large influence on philosophical and theological thinking with Jewish and Islamic ... ...

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... this sort must be chosen along with men of the same sort to live with them and share their guardianship it isn't against nature to assign an education in music, poetry, and physical training to the wives of the guardians It's rather the way things are at present that seems to be against nature." This equality allows for the most intelligent ... ...

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... become a good guardian, a man must be by nature fast, strong, and a spirited philosopher" (376e). Socrates illustrates how they will train the guarders of the city; "gymnastics for the body and poetry for the soul" (376e). Beginning with children's stories that; although they are false, teach the children values, literature shapes the moral system of the guarders. Another characteristic of the guarders ... ...

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... the way that they portrayed immoral characters. Therefore if he was going to have poets in his State they would have to produce examples of good moral character, and "Lyric poetry would only be allowed under strict supervision of the State authorities" (Rice, 39). Also in Plato's Republic "Women are to be trained as men: in the ideal State they will ... ...

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... any kind of extreme in itself. Diotima also makes the distinction that love is not confined solely to the feelings of one person for another, but encompasses many things, like poetry, philosophy, money-making, gymnastics and politics. This was the major flaw in the speeches of Phaedrus, Pausanias, Aristophanes and Eryximachus. They all saw love as only amorous intentions, missing its ... ...

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... study into separate categories with specific methods of study for each field, and wrote over 400 books on every branch of learning, including logic, ethics, politics, metaphysics, biology, physics, psychology, poetry, and rhetoric. Among the texts are treaties on logic, called Organon or "instrument-, because they provide the means by which positive knowledge is to be attained. His treatment of the ... ...

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... . So for Aristotle, the concept of soul without body or body without soul is incoherent. In regards to form, Plato expressed how things should be through utilizing vague language and poetry. In respect to friendship, I firmly believe that Aristotle's views on friendship holds value in today's society. First we will touch on the various points that Aristotle makes regarding friendship, then ... ...

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... his father died. Since his mother also died at a young age, Aristotle was brought up by a guardian, Proxenus of Atarneus, who was his uncle. Proxenus taught Aristotle Greek, rhetoric, and poetry. At the age of 17, Aristotle went to Athens to study at Plato's Academy. When he arrived there the Academy had been open for twenty years, also Plato was in ... ...

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