Dialogue

1   Ion|       to judge of the bad. And poetry is a whole; and he who judges
2   Ion|    whole; and he who judges of poetry by rules of art ought to
3   Ion|        be able to judge of all poetry.’ This is confirmed by the
4   Ion|   elements of a true theory of poetry are contained in the notion
5   Ion|         or to the knowledge of poetry or of any other art as a
6   Ion| quarrel between philosophy and poetry, which in the Republic leads
7   Ion|        of all other poets; for poetry is a whole.~ION: Yes.~SOCRATES: