Humanities

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISCUSSIONS:   Your contributions should be thoughtful and developed.  Answer all parts of the question and use concepts from the course materials.  Use a professional style of communication, with attention to grammar, spelling, and typos; cite your sources.   

OPTION 2: ART, ILLUSION, AND REALITY

Read the first two-thirds of Book X  from Plato's Republic about art and imitation. 

Describe how this conversation between Socrates and Glaucon relates to the Allegory of the Cave? Given the information about reality, illusion and the arts from both sources, what do you think Plato's position on the arts is? Do you agree or disagree? Why? 

Now, provide an example from one of the arts that you think could be used to illustrate Plato's position on the arts and explain how it does.