Q) Short Paragraph – Personal Reflection: Before reading the selection from Plato write at least one full paragraph on this question: Why do you think Plato (or anyone else) would want to censor Hesiod? Remember that Hesiod was the poet who wrote about the fight between the gods and the titans.
A) The reason is because it's not goingto what Plato and his peers are trying to say, and his beliefs are not being heard.Instead people believe in god. Plato is just angry because his beliefs can be heard. Plato thinks that Hesiod's is wrong, and that people should listen to him, rather then Hesiod.
Q) What are Homer and Hesiod guilty of?
A) Telling the wrong things about the gods and ancient heroes.
Q) What are the two main characteristics of “god” and what are the laws/principles of story telling based on those characteristics?
A) They say god is the cause of all good things, and that it does not cause anything bad to happen. Gods must be believed as if they are in reality.
Q) Compare what you wrote in your personal reflection above (#1) with what Plato wrote. How close were you to what Plato wrote?
A) I really don't know
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