Socrates argues that art is
A) Just for money.
B) At the third remove from reality.
C) One step from reality.
D) Perfectly just.

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Socrates, particularly in Plato's dialogue "The Republic," argues that art is an imitation of the physical world, which itself is an imitation of the world of forms or ideas. Therefore, art is at the third remove from reality: the first level is the world of forms, the second is the physical world, and the third is the representation of the physical world in art.

Socrates Argues That Art Is