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Ep. 402: Plato Talks Homer: Hippias Minor and Ion (Part Two)
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Episode Ep. 402: Plato Talks Homer: Hippias Minor and Ion (Part Two)
Finishing up on Hippias Minor and moving on to the Ion, where Socrates convinces a rhapsode (someone who does public, dramatic readings of Homer and is a Homer scholar) that his talent is a matter of inspiration and not knowledge. So how does this relate to Plato's dismissal of poets in the Republic?
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