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Homework: How did Aristotle defend the poet?
"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar"
Pg. 116-119 NF
Still center of the moving world. convergence.
Still center of words.
Step back.
Anagogical..."Nature becomes not the container, but the thing contained."
Mirror of art becomes the thing that creates nature.
Fairy tales are very close to myth and popular literature.
Most productive ones have "converging lines of significance"
The word realistic needs to be re-examined.
Why does Matt love Batman? Is it realistic?
What are the patterns that still remain?
tautology-circular answers
Difference between literal and oral culture. Sarah Palin. Plain speaking.
"Reduction of taxes must be accompanied by reduced taxes"
Children use tautology. And so do politicians. Conjunctions.
Obama has to dumb down his language.
In this class, we must look at it as rhetorical.
Plato: against the poet.
Poet banished because he/she is a liar. Imitation of an imitation.
Plato taught that things aren't what they seem, and everyone should rely on philosophers to live.
"I like the way the steak tastes!" (Said Chris)
*Biggest tautology is the word realistic.
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