Ion - Plato

Plato's Ion is one of his shortest works, composed early in the Platonic corpus. It deals with the issue of art and poetry, whether the artist has special insight into the reality of the world and where the poet draws their inspiration from. Sources: • Primary text: en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ion_(Plato) • IEP Socrates: iep.utm.edu/socrates/ • IEP Plato: iep.utm.edu/plato/ • SEP Socrates: plato.stanford.edu/entries/socrates/ • SEP Plato: plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato/ • Plato’s Aesthetics - plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato-aesthetics/ • Plato on Rhetoric and Poetry - plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato-rhetoric/ Credits: • Pen Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash • Puddle Photo by Marc-Olivier Jodoin on Unsplash • Mask Photo by Elif Dilara Bora on Unsplash • Landscape Photo by v2osk on Unsplash • Magnet Photo by Dan-Cristian Pădureț on Unsplash • Carpenter Photo by Benjamin Thomas on Unsplash • Tools Photo by Todd Quackenbush on Unsplash • Statue with sword Photo by Andre Pfeifer on Unsplash • Water Photo by Samara Doole on Unsplash • Tiger Photo by Frida Bredesen on Unsplash • Crumpled gold Photo by Wilhelm Gunkel on Unsplash • Modern art Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash • Shadow Photo by Martino Pietropoli on Unsplash • Pizza Photo by Ivan Torres on Unsplash • Ring Photo by Antonio Uquiche on Unsplash • Cathedral Photo by Michalis Mantelos on Unsplash • David Photo by Jack Hamilton on Unsplash