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    817. Should we ban the poets?

    817. Should we ban the poets?

    FromStoic Meditations

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    817. Should we ban the poets?

    FromStoic Meditations

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    3 minutes
    Released:
    Mar 23, 2021
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    Podcast episode

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    Poetry and fiction tug at our emotions. They are pleasant and powerful, but they may also be manipulative. While Plato's solution to ban poets is not a good idea, we should keep our critical sense on guard so not to be manipulated.

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    Released:
    Mar 23, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Occasional reflections on the wisdom of Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers with Prof. Massimo Pigliucci. Complete index by author and source at https://massimopigliucci.org/stoic-podcast/. (cover art by Marek Škrabák; original music by Ian Jolin-Rasmussen). Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support