Discurso poético y formación de los ciudadanos en República x Discurso poético y formación de los ciudadanos en República x

Abstract

This article is focused on Plato’s critique of mimetic arts on Republic x, which concludes with the expel of the poets from the city. This critique has epis­temic issues, and other directed to the effects those arts have. However, in some other passages from Republic, we can find that Plato estimates poetry as an educational mean, which does not match the vision on Republic x. To explain that tension, I follow the reading of Republic that states that Plato only expels from the city to certain kind of poetry, this is, to the tragic poets, because they do not have knowledge about their works. Nevertheless, this does not erase the core relevance of mimetic arts in the citizens upbringing.