The relation of philosophy and poetry in the ideal state of Iqbal and Plato

Many thinkers have designed a form of an ideal state in their thought. Plato, the Greek thinker, and Iqbal, the Islamic thinker, are among these thinkers who have designed a form of the ideal state in their thought. What these two thinkers have the fundamental differences in the ideal state are their way of looking at the relation between poetry and philosophy in ideal state.
This article with hermeneutic method attempts to explain the position of poetry and its relation with philosophy in Plato and Iqbal's views and on this basis, it deals with different view of the two thinkers on the poetry and philosophy.
Generally, Plato has a negative attitude toward poetry in ideal state, and considers Poetry and poets against Philosophy and philosophers while Iqbal thoroughly believes in the positive role of poetry in ideal state and with emphasizing the relation between poetry and philosophy, he considers the same the poet and philosopher based on purpose. The main reason for this difference is the method of viewpoint of these two thinkers towards poetry from the epistemic aspect. Plato does not consider poetry to be any knowledge and reality and therefore, in the ideal state that philosophers are ruling he orders the rejection of poetry and the banishment of poets from ideal state. But in Iqbal's thought, poetry has knowledge and reflects reality and even due to its profound influence, any further knowledge comes to the work of reforming the city and society. Therefore, with a deep link between the philosophic knowledge and poetry, the philosopher and poet are one in Iqbal's view and both of them have rational knowledge and their presence is essential for the ideal state.