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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Republic by Plato: speaks very well--such is the sweet influence which melody and rhythm by
nature have. And I think that you must have observed again and again what
a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colours
which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose.
Yes, he said.
They are like faces which were never really beautiful, but only blooming;
and now the bloom of youth has passed away from them?
Exactly.
Here is another point: The imitator or maker of the image knows nothing of
true existence; he knows appearances only. Am I not right?
Yes.
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