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Plato opposed poetry (as well as music and theatre) in some cases in his ideal Republic because he believed it was debilitating and a hindrance in comparison to more productive ventures, such as universal education. This is in direct contrast with the Athenian society he lived in, one that valued poetry very highly.

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