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| Mimesis: Mimesis (μίμησις) is the imitation or representation of reality in art, literature, and other media. Plato believed that art is a copy of a copy, and that the true reality is the world of the Forms. Aristotle, on the other hand, believed that art is a way of imitating the world and revealing its inner workings. See also Art, Artworks, Literature, Imitation, Nature._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Plato on Mimesis - Dictionary of Arguments
Gadamer I 120 Mimesis/imitation/Plato/Gadamer: Those who imitate must omit and emphasize. Because he or she shows, the person must, whether he or she wants to or not, exaggerate (aphairein and synhoran also belong together in the Platonic theory of ideas). In this respect, there is an irrevocable distance of being between the being that "is like" and the one it wants to be like. Plato: As is well known, Plato insisted on this ontological distance, on the greater or lesser retention of the image in relation to the archetype, and from then on he relegated imitation and representation to the third place in the game of art as an imitation of imitation(1). In truth, in the representation of art, recognition is at work, which has the character of genuine recognition of essence, and this has been objectively established precisely because Plato understands all recognition of essence (German: "Wesenserkenntnis") as recognition (German: "Wiedererkenntnis"): Aristotle could call poetry more philosophical than history. Cf. >Imitation/Plato, >Recognition/Plato. 1. Plato, Rep. X. (Vgl. Plato und die Dichter« (1934); jetzt Ges. Werke Bd. 5.1 2. Aristot. Poet. 9, 1451 b 6._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Gadamer I Hans-Georg Gadamer Wahrheit und Methode. Grundzüge einer philosophischen Hermeneutik 7. durchgesehene Auflage Tübingen 1960/2010 Gadamer II H. G. Gadamer The Relevance of the Beautiful, London 1986 German Edition: Die Aktualität des Schönen: Kunst als Spiel, Symbol und Fest Stuttgart 1977 |
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