I. COOKIES ARE IDENTICAL BECAUSE OF THE MOLD--(form?)

II. THE LETTER FROM HERMES AND PLATO’S ACADEMY: THE REPUBLIC:

A. ETERNALLY TRUE, BEAUTIFUL AND THE GOOD
B. THE WORLD OF IDEAS / FORMS--WORLD SOUL
C. TRUE KNOWLEDGE
D. THE WORLD OF SENSE AND OF THE SOUL
E. THE CAVE and the LINE
F. THE PHILOSOPHICAL STATE--WHO NEEDS WHOM?
G. NOTE THE CHART ON PAGE 91

III. HOW IS SOPHIE CHANGED--IS SHE PROFITING FROM THE DIALECTIC?

A. WHAT DOES SHE THINK OF BEAUTY?--HAS SHE CHANGED FROM CHAPTER I?
B. WHAT IS REAL FOR HER?
C. RECOLLECTION..DID SHE LIVE BEFORE, AND WHAT DOES "BEFORE: MEAN?
D. THE IDEA OF "RECOLLECTION" IS DISCUSSED IN BOOK X OF THE REPUBLIC: SEE ALSO WORDSWORTH'S "INTIMATION'S ODE" (PART 8 OF "SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS."

IV. RECALL THE IMPLICATIONS FOR LITERATURE AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS. LITERARY CRITICISM EVOLVES FROM PLATO AND ARISTOTLE:

1. THE MIMETIC THEORY--ART IMITATES WHAT? LIFE, NATURE, REALITY?
2. WHAT IS THE IMPLICATION WHEN WE POSIT REALITY? WHAT DID PLATO ARGUE (SEE CHAPTER VII OF SOPHIE, AND BOOK X OF THE REPUBLIC.)
3. PLATO [RECALLING SOCRATIC IRONY] ARGUES THE POET IS THE FATHER OF LIES....DOES HE MEAN IT? NOTE THE RHETORICAL BASIS FOR THE REPUBLIC IS THE DIALOGUE EMPLOYING WHAT LITERARY DEVICES?:
   1. SOME EXAMPLES:
      1. THE RING
      2. THE SHIP CAPTAIN
      3. THE NOBLE LIE OR MAGNIFICENT MYTH
      4. THE WATCH DOG
      5. THE CAVE
      6. THE LINE
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4. FROM THE MIMETIC THEORY WILL COME THE PRAGMATIC [RENAISSANCE] AND THE EXPRESSIVE [THE ROMANTICS], KEEPING IN MIND ARISTOTLE'S MODIFICATIONS IN THE POETICS. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.