https://doi.org/10.31648/hip.1102
The author of the article opposes a wide- spread opinion that Plato excluded poets from a state. The main exponent of this theory in Polish philosophical literature is Alfred Gawronski, who reduces the conflict between Plato and Greek poets to the conflict between a dialogue and a monologue. However, while analysing thoroughly the problem it appears that Plato had not been so much critical to creative activity of poets, and in his conception of future ideal state he still referred to poetry, but not to the poetry as such, but only to the well selected and ordered poetry, which would bring the most benefit for the society.
The author sympathises with the opinion of Werner Jaeger, a notable expert of the Greek ancient culture, and argues that Plato used ex- pressions typical for the art of poetry in order to achive education goals propagated by his dialectic philosophy. Therefore the dialogues of Plato are at the same time poetic monologues, and theoretical controversy between philosophy and poetry gives place to a practical task of an interaction in paideia, the great work of educating the Greeks.
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