THE EXPULSION OF ART - TRUTH IN PLATO’S REPUBLIC OR THE PROBLEMATIC OF PSYCHIC PERCEPTION AROUND THE MYTHOI

Abstract

The expulsion of the artist in Plato’s Republic became very famous in the History of Philosophy. However, this expulsion symbolizes above all the condemnation of the psychic perception of reality, based on the mythical images as if they were truths. In this sense, expulsion is linked to condemnation in the literal way in which the mythoi are understood by the believers. Therefore, we will try to demonstrate, in this work, the context in which the character Socrates raises this problematic, in order to verify the real meaning of this expulsion. Thus, we can see howPlato reverses the problem of the expulsion by the proposal of improving the psychic perception of reality, at the end of the dialogue.