"Of the many excellences which I perceive in the order of our State, there is none which upon reflection pleases me better than the rule of poetry.
...the rejection of imitative poetry, which certainly ought not to be received; as I see far more clearly now that the parts of the soul have been distinguished.
Speaking in confidence, for I should not like to have my words repeated to the tragedians and the rest of the imitation tribe--but I do not mind saying to you, that all poetical imitations are ruinous to the understanding of the hearers, and that the knowledge of their true nature is the only antidote to them."
"An easy way enough; or rather, there are many ways in which the feat might be quickly and easily accomplished, none quicker than that of
turning a mirror round and round--you would be able to make the sun and the heavens, and the earth and yourself, and other animals and plants, and all the other things
of which we were just now speaking, in the mirror."
-Socrates, as related by Plato.
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