Plato’s Republic: On the Poets – Lessons For Investors

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Please note that for the purposes of this analysis, I use the Allan Bloom translation of Plato's The Republic. Please refer to a previous analysis on which I build upon here.

Ever since Plato banished poets from his ideal city in the Republic, hostility towards the arts has been endemic to philosophy. To a large extent, this is because philosophy and the various art forms were perceived to be competing sources of knowledge and belief. Indeed,...