And the tragic poet is an imitator, and therefore, like all other imitators, he is thrice removed from the king and from the truth? 柏拉图.理想国.
But they did not; and therefore we may infer that Homer and all the poets are only imitators, who do but imitate the appearances of things. 柏拉图.理想国.
Imitation is only a kind of play or sport, and the tragic poets, whether they write in Iambic or in Heroic verse, are imitators in the highest degree? 柏拉图.理想国.
Imitation, then, is devoid of knowledge, being only a kind of play or sport, and the tragic and epic poets are imitators in the highest degree. 柏拉图.理想国.