Summary of Plato's Ion

The Ion dialogue explores the claimed ethical authority of poets & their performers.

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(Part 1:    • 4 Modus Tollens Arguments in Plato's Ion  )
0:00 Part 2A, Judgment Requires Knowledge
1:13 Part 2B, Knowledge of the Whole Art = Ability to Judge
1:46 Part 3, Poets Speak by Divine Inspiration, Not Knowledge
2:17 Part 4, Examination of Specific Arts
3:07 Part 5, Ion's Last Stand

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Read Ion online: http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/ion.html
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