Note 326 — Chapter III
Reading edition
See Rep. X. 596 E, 605 A, etc. In the Sophist, 235 D, 266 D, etc., Plato reserves his denunciation for φανταστική which creates illusions; he almost approves of εἰκαστική. Idealised painting is hinted at in Rep. 472 D, 484 C.