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Anonymous
I agree. To be honest, the only part of Plato's philosophy I really detest are his views regarding poetry.
Yeah, Plato's ideas on poetry sound a bit conservative and pedantic; a bit like a retired bank manager grumbling about loud music. But it was a long (long...) time ago that he was coming up with all these ideas. I mean, how we're brought up is much different now, so it's kind of inevitable that we'll find some of those ideas obscure.
Anonymous
I don't know, Aristotle was Plato's student and he was much more enlightened regarding art. Although, even his ideas are a bit conservative, with his insistence on simple storylines and plot over character. Still, as you said, both of them were writing well over a thousand years ago. Tastes will change over such an extensive period of time...
Anonymous
As someone who is a total nihlist, I rarely read Philosophy. Alas, I have been forced to take it alongside my literature course, although I do quite enjoy the work of Aristotle and Descarte.
Anonymous
Yes I am. I've been reading his The Birth of Tragedy.
Anonymous
i like nietzsche,i also like camus and sartre.plato sounds stodgy when he speaks abt poetry, but as has been pointed out, writings cannot be severed easly from the times they were written.
I love Nietzsche. Thus Spoke Zarathustra is one of the only books I've re-read time and time again. I always get frustrated with all these philosophers though. It's all a bit sit on your arse and speak loftily to others. I liked Aristotle's idea about having to get up and experience life before you can find truth. Take drugs, drink yourself to shit, fuck as many people as you can, then spend twenty years as a recluse in Serbia. Yeah.
Anonymous
nietzsche is perhaps one philosopher who doesnt give u the pedestal-talk!
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