The Critical Analysis of Art and Literature Theory in Plato’s Intellectual and Philosophic System

Plato knows all of the world’s phenomena as the shadow of truth and he doesn’t include their existential identity independent. In this research the author has tried to deal with justifying and analyzing his aesthetics system. According to Plato the artistic works are the imitation from the absolute beauty that is eternal and everlasting. On the other hand he regards the beauty as a useful and working thing and says the art have to be in service of morality and society and he doesn’t like the exciting art. As well as, he doesn’t oppose with unexciting art, although it be without moral and social role. The author after the analysis of Plato’s thoughts concludes the contradictions in aesthetic and philosophic system of Plato that they have questioned the absoluteness of principle of beauty in Plato’s thoughts.