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but the user will have true knowledge.”
“Certainly.” “And will the imitator from
experience or use have knowledge whether the things he portrays are or are
not beautiful and right, or will he, from compulsory association with the
man who knows and taking orders from him for the right making of them, have
right opinion1?” “Neither.” “Then the
imitator will neither know nor opine rightly concerning the beauty or the
badness of his imitations.” “It seems not.”
“Most charming,2 then, would be the state of mind
of the poetical imitator in respect of true wisdom about his
creations.” “Not at all.”
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