The meaning of Republic 606a3–b5

If you would reflect that the part of the soul that in the former case, in our own misfortunes, was forcibly restrained, and that has hungered for tears and a good cry and satisfaction, because it is its nature to desire these things, is the element in us that the poets satisfy and delight, and that...

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Greek language
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Philosophers
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Plato
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Sentences
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Soul
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