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What is Images of Excellence : Plato's Critique of the Arts about?
Plato was the first great figure in Western philosophy to assess the value of the arts; he famously argued in the Republic that traditionally accepted forms of poetry, drama, and music are unsound, claiming they are conducive to warped ethical standards, detrimental to the psyche, and purveyors of illusions about important matters in human life. This view has been widely rejected; but Christopher Janaway here argues that Plato's hostile case is a more coherent and profound challenge to the arts
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- Author
- Christopher Janaway
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780198237921
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- History, Philosophy, Art
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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