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Plato and Aristotle
Plato and Aristotle agree on some vital literary issues.
They both measure literature by moral standards, and in their political writings both allow for censorship, but the differences between them are also significant.
While Aristotle censors literature only for the young, Plato would banish all poets from his ideal state.
Even more important, in his Poetics, Aristotle differs somewhat from Plato when he moves in the direction of treating literature as a unique thing, separate and apart from its causes and its effects.
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