/lit/ - Literature

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>be Plato
>write a book where Socrates's city is rejected by Glaucon because there aren't any couches
>the book would be banned by the rules of Glaucon's city
>poetry that lies about the gods is banned; a lie about the birth of the city is required
>the demands made on the guardians break the "one man, one art" rule
>guardians and philosopher king have to act unjustly to be just
>philosopher doesn't even want to rule
>philosophic eros is totally reduced to just dumb bodily appetites
>mfw 21st century speds just think I'm too stupid to notice the contradictions I wrote

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