On Plato's Poetic Thoughts From The Perspective Of The Dispute Between Poetry And Philosophy

Based on the dispute of poetry and philosophy of the Western history,Plato criticizedthe old poet as a turning point to create a poem of philosophy,and then using Eros mythology as the highest achievement of this new poem to show his distinctive poetic thoughts.In Western history,the dispute between poetry and philosophy has existed in ancient times,and Plato has a special place in this dispute that lasted for almost two thousand and five hundred years.The dispute between poetry and philosophy revolves around the three focuses of who is the messenger of truth,who is the appropriate educator,and who is the future guider.As a philosopher,Plato is both a philosopher and a poet.Therefore,his philosophical poetry combines the characteristics of philosophy and poetry,making the three controversial focus fierce and reconciled in his philosophical poetry.Plato is based on the ideological background of the poetry and philanthropy in Western history.His poetic thought has gained a solid foundation,instead of talking about poetry in isolation.Plato severely criticized the old poet,pulling the old poet from the sacred throne of the prophet,and even expelling them from the city-state.Plato wants to completely criticize the old poet,first of all to break people's worship of the poet.Since poetry is only a kind of production,the poet is only a craftsman,then the poet has no reason for superiority.In addition,the essence of poetry is imitation,the poet imitates the appearance to make poetry,and the things in the poem are false rather than true.Therefore,the poet is not only the superior in the city state,but the corrupt.Plato appeared as a new poet by criticizing the old poet.On a new soil,Plato created his philosophical poetry to carry out a philosophy education of loving wisdom.The Plato dialogue is a new poem created by Plato.In the new form of dialogue and the content of loving wisdom,the philosopher Plato created his own poetry of philosophy.At the same time,he did not completely deny the old poet and the old poem.As the most typical representative of Plato's new poetry,Eros mythology is based on the most classic form of the old poem of mythology,trying to convince the reader that the soul is not dead,pursuing justice and wisdom,rather than causing some kind of passion.In the myth of Eros,Plato's poetic thoughts have been presented in the most direct and vivid way,that is,in the form of dialogue,the myth is the carrier,and to love wisdom is the core of philosophy education.By creating the myth of Eros,Plato shows that the poetry of philosophy not only maintains the form of poetry,but also carries the complete appearance of the new poem of philosophical thought.