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Plato, Republic, Book X (pp 264 - 274) "Criticism of Art"

1. How can someone make " all kinds of furniture, all plants that grow from the earth, all animals (including himself), the earth itself, the heavens, the gods, all the things in the heavens and in Hades beneath the earth?"

2. Socrates talks about three kinds of beds. What are they?

3. How far is poetry removed from the truth?

4. Socrates says that each thing has three crafts associated with it. What are they?

5. Socrates claims that poetic imitation is able to corrupt even decent people. Explain his reasoning.

I have read pp 264 - 274

I have not read pp 264 -274