The Timaeus as noetic poetry in Plato is an investigation into the philosopher s multifaceted position on the ancient dispute between philosophy and poetry. Based on the impossibility of subsuming the issue into a single, cohesive image, we sought to analyze some other dialogues from Plato s youth and maturity in order to create points of contrast with the Timaeus. For this purpose, we started from a double criticism engendered in this selection of the corpus, which examines the theses that poetry weakens thought and also habituates opinions and pleasures that are harmful to individuals and the community. Next, we examined how Plato transposes poetry into rhetoric, and the consequent introduction of the theme of persuasion into the poetic genre. It will be seen from these analyses how the Timaeus offers, by contrast, a unique response to the problem, and how phrenic persuasion emerges as the medium of noetic poetry.