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Violence in The Arts ? Plato vs. Aristotle

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Philosophy

 

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September 18, 2015

 

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For quite a while now, people have been demanding that stricter censorship be placed on the media, especially those programs and video games that can easily be obtained by the youth, due to their feelings that this violence can influence people to "act out". However, this is not a new idea. Back in ancient Greece, the philosopher Plato believed that exposure to the emotions of the arts (especially drama) would encourage people to act out violent emotions portrayed in the drama...
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As documented in his work The Republic, Plato believed strongly that the perfect life was comprised of total balance and harmony in one's mindset and that any stimulated emotions would result in an imbalance. The first theorist to challenge Plato's idea was his well-known student, Aristotle. Aristotle felt that exposure to the strong emotions of the arts had a positive psychological effect on people because it gave them a chance to let out any emotional frustrations that they might have bottled up inside...
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