Due Tue 3/27 - Republic Assignment

1. Why do you think Plato (or anyone else) would want to censor Hesiod?
I think that Plato would censor Hesiod because there’s probably something that Hesiod did wrong that Plato didn’t want people to know about. Or maybe it was not as important as other things that happened.
2. What are Homer and Hesiod guilty of?
Homer is guilty of misrepresenting gods, and it is not right so its better to not say anything about it, because it gives an idea that gods were bad when there good.
3. What are the two main characteristics of “god” and what are the laws/principles of story telling based on those characteristics?
The two main characteristics of god are that god is perfect in beauty and goodness, and that god is without deceit or falsehood. So the principles that have to be followed are first that God is the cause, not of all things, but only of good, and that when you speak of god they shall not represented as using magic to disguise themselves nor as playing us false in word or deed.
4. Compare what you wrote in your personal reflection above (#1) with what Plato wrote. How close were you to what Plato wrote?
My personal reflection was somehow true and had to do with what Plato wrote. This is because it is true that Hesiod did something wrong, he misrepresented god in his play. But I was wrong about it not being important as other things because god is a very important subject.