Eventually they begin talking about the telling of stories.
So Socrates and Adeimentus agree that the only thing to talk about now is the human race as an overall.
Eventually they have talked about The gods, humans, and the dead. He bans quite a lot of the Iliad and especially of Achilles, because he also wants to prevent greed. Throughout the myths there is a lot of stuff done for money. Socrates becomes even more so extreme with his censorship. I don’t think you can literally raise the human race in lies. But we don’t want death to seem like a bad thing! Socrates’s view is certainly extreme, but interesting. In the Iliad, everyone is always talking about death in such a sad manner. We shouldn’t even symbolize death as a bad thing whatsoever. In fact, Socrates claims that we should go to the extreme here. So, Socrates asks Adeimantus, should we really be telling the tales of the grueling and terrible underworld? Obviously, Adeimantus says no. First of all, he says we obviously don’t want them to fear death. Socrates continues to talk about education of the youth, and how we should try to shape their minds. Book 3 begins with a conversation about bravery and cowardice.
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