Plato Censured Poetry. Why?

In his Republic, Plato censured poetry for Children. Why? Because poetry or stories teach morals. And so we should be very careful to what we give children, since teaching them to desire what is good and dislike what is bad is essential to education.
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Love this! The concept of the “moral imagination” is lost on our generation just as Lewis explained. This video from Jordan Peterson illustrates this point as it pertains to childhood education to a degree: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ2spYCoZ7FghJYsi=lD0Vp21Y84gGd1Tm