1. Art Censorship in Communist China, AND AMERICA
In book two 380a he says that in the case of a story such as the Trojan war, the poet must say that the events are either not the actions of god, or must say that they are the actions in "more or less the sort of explanation we are looking for at the moment." ... As he explains in Book 8, the cycle of degenerating governments is natural; the only way to avoid these constant revolutions is to control the people. ... In book 2 of The Republic Plato said that it was important for the government to speak with a unified, consistent voice. ...
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