Republic Assignment

A reason why somebody might want to censor Hesiod is because of what he wrote. I know that Socrates did not believe in the god’s, I am guessing the Plato didn’t either. That is one reason; another is because he is putting ideas in people’s heads that could change everyday lifestyle. People would be less concerned about what they did, because they thought that the gods might help or protect them. The God’s would be an excuse to relax, not do work, and just wait for the God’s to do something for them. Plato might have thought that people would become lazy and wanting thing to happen to them, instead of actually working towards something. That is why I think Hesiod might be censored.

Homer and Hesiod are guilty of making stories that create bad images. In most of the stories, somebody is banished from the heavens; also as I said they create something inside a person. The bad ideas portrayed in the books sparks wickedness, it brings the idea of hurting somebody. But, Socrates wanted the guardians to be good all around. He did not want them to have the ideas of hurting involved. Home and Hesiod are guilty of creating bad images in a persons mind. Fighting.

The first one mentioned was they Gods are good. They should be portrayed as good then, and not evil. The second one is that God is “is a kind of magician who can appear at will in different forms at different times...” God is a magician, he can do whatever he/she wants whenever he/she wants (I am saying he/she because nobody knows….). The laws of storytelling are, always make the God/Gods do something good, not have the banish somebody or harm people, the stories have to tell the good of the gods. The next, is that the Gods should be able to do whatever they want, they should not be limited by anything.

I was way off, what I said was that the people would become lazy, what Plato said, was that the reason why are because they are lies, and they say bad things about gods. When you think of a god, you think of an omnificent being, perfect, mainly good. The stories the Homer and Hesiod tell, say bad things, they say things that give the gods a bad image.