Reference point: p. 288, 289; The Republic, Book X, 604e, 605d (the phrase in {all seriousness} has a disparaging tone given that Plato disparages tragedy)
reference-type: Book
author: Plato and Bloom, Allan David
year: 1991
title: The Republic of Plato
place-published: [New York]
publisher: Basic Books
edition: 2nd
note: translated with notes and an interpretive essay by Allan Bloom. 24 cm.
pages: xxiv, 487 p.
otx-key: Bloom-1991