“for not by art does the poet sing, but by…” Plato

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“for not by art does the poet sing, but by power divine”

Plato (spoken by Socrates)

Ion, 534c, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)

Socrates' compressed statement of the thesis that poets excel in one genre only because they are moved rather than taught.

Citation: "for not by art does the poet sing, but by power divine" — Plato, Ion, 534c, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-ion-q3)

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Quotation from Ion by Plato