Corruption Of The Arts In Plato's The Republic

Plato’s dialogue is the discussion of the issue philosophical; this focus on these questions about morality or ethic. Also, the readers can know that some actions are right or wrong in these different situations of life’ it mentions to these words “piety” or “pious” to express about good morality or right morality. Generally, they are good qualities in the life of fairness, correctness, or goodness. Something is good or beautiful, and it depends on their thoughts in any situation. Another example of thinking is very variety; art is very beautiful and delicate. Besides, it depends on how people feel about art; they can feel it as a perfect and value image or not value. In life, the relationships

“After a certain high level of technical skill achieved, science and arts tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientist are artist as well” (Albert Einstein). In this advanced modern tech-world mostly people are dependent on science and technology, but arts also play an important role in education. Art creates balanced thinking and better imagination which helps humans to be successful in their career. Yo-Yo Ma intensely informs about important role of arts in modern education society throughout his essay Necessary Edges: Arts, Empathy, and education. Ma illustrates that arts should be also part of education, because it improve students to filter their imagination through disciplined knowledge. Liberal arts should be equal to science and technology because it creates new idea, and in this modern world people should think critical than divergent in their lives. Empathy teaches students to understand and simplify the complicated life. Collaboration include discussion amongst people or group to make things effortless. Moreover liberal arts itself is beauty such as performing arts, it values the beauty of imagination in modern society by art and sculpture.

Plato also said to “decode the message of beauty”, since everyone likes beautiful things Plato was the first to ask why do we actually like them. Plato sees art as therapeutic in which it helps us live good lives. Many

Theater is the activity or profession of acting in, producing, directing, or writing plays. It is that of escaping the real world and going into a new one. Not only does one go more in depth into their mind, but they also go into the mind of others.Theater helped me find out who I really am. Growing up, I always enjoyed the idea of stepping into someone else’s shoes, but I never got the chance until I was in the sixth grade.

Throughout this dialog, and also in a significant number of Plato's other works, the idea of artful interests comes up frequently. Basically, art is an expertise coordinated towards some and meant for the advantage of those performing the art. In Gorgias, Socrates first specifies the thought of art as a major aspect of an exploration into the way of rhetoric. In examining this subject, he recognizes genuine arts and false ones which make an inaccurate impression of good. This distinction turns out to be progressively pertinent as the dialog continues, since Socrates affirms that the majority of his contemporary Greeks and Athenians have been driven off track from the path of virtue because of the fact that they confuse false situations of delight for genuine arts.

Based on the readings from The Republic of Plato, the central tension within the book is identifying the ideal form of guiding individuals either through a persuasive or compulsive path of becoming complete guardians. Through persuasion, those qualified to rule, similar to Adeimantus and Glaucon, are more adequately educated to lead a city than through compulsion. Within this essay, the defining important principle of persuasion that will be explained are listening, exhortation and dialectic. By examining Platos understanding of the importance of persuasion in education, it can be determined that qualified individuals are more adequately educated through an emphasis of persuasion over compulsion.

Although the speech in this section from the Republic appeared to be virtuous — it did, after all, force Glaucon to see that the spirited soul is different from the desiring soul — it is in fact blind speech. Socrates and Glaucon are speaking about the soul, but they are seeing only representations of the soul. To see this, let us travel through the scene once more. After Glaucon suggests that the spirited soul is the same as the desiring soul, Socrates tells the story of Leontius.

Art is a way to creatively express yourself and share it with the world. Art in all it's forms is treasured by many individuals. In this essay I will be mentioning how Plato the philosopher thinks art that is pleasuarble should be banished; unless it benefits society or is a good intrepretion or representation of the heavens and gods. The painting of "The Last Supper," though painted based from scriptures of the bible and someone's imagination is a famous piece of art nonetheless. Plato judges art as if he is an expert.

In the Republic, Plato starts his argument by saying that education in music and poetry should occur before any physical training. This is due to the fact that our mental abilities develop much faster than our physical strength. We use our brains to analyze the world around us by listening and learning from others. When we’re younger, our brains are more malleable and easier to manipulate. As children, we’re more likely to believe every story we hear because we don’t know any better. Since children don’t know the difference between what’s allegorical and what’s the truth, everything presented to them is the truth. Plato expresses his concern for this, as most of the stories children hear include arguing and punishment. Children will then take this as the truth and view fighting as a normal and a reasonable way to solve conflict. This is what makes narrative art and drama dangerous for children, who more or less start off as decent people but are then corrupted by the allegories they hear during their childhood. Adults, on the other hand, can still be corrupted by narrative art, though it’s not as simple.

A large portion of the message or theme that art could portray is essentially lost when said art gets censored. While certain things may need to be censored for the betterment of people’s health, such as tobacco ads and maybe alcohol ads in the near future, censorship of art simply kills the entire spirit and purpose of art in the first place. Not only does it kill the purpose, but it is entirely illegal. Do we truly want to live in a world such as 1984, Anthem, or Fahrenheit

"Studies show that students in the arts outperformed their non-arts peers on the SAT by 96 points, while a child who has continued access to arts education has a 74 percent higher chance of planning to attend college” (Urist 9). The arts teach several lessons to children and they provide an equal opportunity for everyone. The arts also provide a different form of discipline and insight into the real world. While others may say that sports make kids strive for good grades, the arts support children in a different way. Others may also say funding should go towards core subjects, but what they don’t know is that the humanities use the core subjects during classes. Even though fine arts are not exciting for everyone, they should receive more funding in schools because fine arts keep kids out of trouble, provide a way to express oneself and help teenagers make life decisions.

“Music” in Plato’s Republic refers to both literary education and conventional music. Plato notes that music contributes a great deal to education. For instance, children should be told stories that demonstrate courage and which would shape them into moral people at a tender age. He stresses that the stories should not display immoral behavior or any other vices. For example, the story of Achilles lamenting the loss of Patroclus should be totally removed. In the Republic piece, there is this quote about it: “Achilles, who is the son of a goddess, first lying on his side, then on his back, and then on his face; then starting up and sailing in a frenzy along the shores...” Such stories should be eliminated. Therefore, the Republic vouches for music that express courage and temperance.

Art is not just a picture on a wall or in a museum, art comes in many forms. It can be a song you just heard, a video you watched, or a painting you saw in a gallery. Also, art can be just text. All forms of art grasp you in different ways and make your thoughts evolve to new distances. Art can bring you feelings you did not think you had. You can perceive the art in many ways and the creator wants it to influence you. I believe that yes, at can truly influence society and inform human behavior. While it may seem to some that pictures, songs, and videos influence you the most, it is actually true that books are the most influential and informative because they get in touch with your mind and emotions.

Art education is often underestimated by many who believe that school was created to teach only analytical concepts such as mathematics and literature. However, research has shown that art courses are important, even necessary for students in elementary, middle, and high schools. These art classes may include not only visual arts but performing arts such as dance, theatre and choir. Barbara Streisand said, “Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for the truth,” (Quotations). Streisand points out that there are multiple benefits to art whether it be painted by a brush or sung from the heart. Art has the ability to allow people to see situations from

Socrates was an influential Greek philosopher; however, he never wrote any book and his ideologies are mostly presented by Plato, who was his student. Plato explains Socrates’ attitude towards poetry in his books, the Republic and the Symposium. Afterward, he offers his perceptions and solutions to the matter. Plato’s Republic explains Socrates’ mindset towards poetry censorship. Socrates argued that poetry lacked wisdom because there was no censorship of works of poetry. As a result, poets can write about anything they wish to inscribe, which enhances imitation. On this note, Socrates argued that poetry exposed citizens to different forms of imitation, which would corrupt their minds because they had no restrictions.