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Plato Believed That Beauty Was a Transcendent Value, Surpassing Ordinary

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Plato believed that beauty was a transcendent value, surpassing ordinary, worldly reality, but he also appreciated how worldly beauty (and other aesthetic values that provoke emotional responses)can shape human behavior.   Write an essay on Plato's theory of beauty, linking this to his rationale for distinguishing between good art and bad art and to his argument (in The Republic )for promoting and banning or censoring bad art, especially tragedy.   Contrast Plato's theory with Aristotle's understanding of beauty, focusing, again, on tragedy. Which viewpoint seems more defensible, and why?


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