Socrates tells Glaucon that their are three different versions of a bed. You have the natural version created by God, the carpenter who made the bed, and the artist who paints a picture. Socrates believes that the artist is in fact deceitful because he knows nothing about the true process of making a bed, only enough to create a picture. The same can be measured with poetry, if a poet writes a sad poem and invokes feelings of sadness the reader will applaud the poet for bringing out such emotions in him or her. However these same emotions are repressed in real life when dealing with real sadness in the public eye. Socrates connects the two by saying poetry can also be deceitful because it allows almost a false reality that contradicts the reality that we really live in. Later he sais that the only way for the two to exist without being problematic is by somehow paying some sort of homage towards the actual “creator”. “Shall I propose, then, that she be allowed to return from exile, but upon this condition only –that she make a defense of herself in lyrical or some other metre? (The Republic). I agree that art in a sense can be deceitful but I believe its all up for interpretation. In the most basic sense people know when viewing art that the artist is a skilled painter, and just that. In a more complex situation if you have someone preaching about something that they know nothing about and use certain tools to bring out emotions in people then that seems a lot more problematic. Overall Socrates idea is true but I think that it just depends on the scenario, I wouldn’t say all art is deceitful or creates a false sense of reality. It is definitely up for interpretation.
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Hey y'all! I was born in a small city called Ridgecrest, CA. I lived there until I was in middle school and thats when my family moved to Sacramento. I consider Sacramento the place I was raised, I met all my close friends here and graduated here. I lived in a single family home and I was the oldest out of 4. Coming from a broken family I saw and experienced a lot of things that gave me a very negative outlook of the world, my family briefly moved to Virginia where I was kicked out of the house at the age of 16. Not really knowing people or resources in Virginia, I struggled for some months before I finally came back to California. That was probably my hardest obstacle, having to navigate the world as a child and having to make adult decisions as a child. I later was able to get on my feet and it took many times for me to get it right. But I can finally say that I feel stable and comfortable. My obstacles led to my passions, and I decided I wanted to help people. I just want to be the person I needed growing up. I was to become a child psychologist in a juvenile setting or with foster youth this is major to me because the childhood is so important and the kids who aren't dealt the best cards need to know they still have a chance in this world. Im currently an ECE major at Sac City but I will go to major in child development as well as a masters in Psychology. I plan to get my Doctorate degree so I plan on being in school for some time, but it's all going to be worth it in the end! View more posts
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