Post 2 ASSIGNMENT

Blog Critical Reflection #2
Plato (and Ancient thinkers generally) understood the arts to have tremendous power, insofar as they depict some reality or can create a new one. To keep a fledgling state safe, Plato reasoned, this power of the arts should be marshaled and used for the good of the state—to empower the state and lead it on a prosperous path, toward unity and glorification rather than toward disharmony and conflict. Identify (1) some current artwork that you (or others) suggest leads the state or nation forward, and (2) some other example that you (or others) argue does the opposite. Give what you think would be Plato’s view on these examples, drawing on relevant passages in his texts (and, if you want, points made in class discussion).

DIRECTIONS:
TITLE: your name, post 2 (ex: Joe K., post 2)
FIRST ITEM IN YOUR TEXT: your full name
LABEL: post 2