Mimesis and Archetype. Philo rescues the platonic Poet

  • Carolina Delgado Conicet - Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento

Keywords:

mimesis, paradigm, archetype, Plato, Philo

Abstract

This paper examines the topic of imitative poetry in Plato. Its aim is to determine whether, for Plato, may be a mimesis of value and consequently an acceptable mimetic poetry. For this, two sections concerning a valid Republic imitation will be analyzed. This would be based on the dialectical understanding of intelligible realities; condition that the poet can not be covered. My hypothesis is that the solution to this problem is the Platonic idea of ‘design’, which -derived the ideal paradigm- would be the tool for the imitator. Philo has conceptualized this tool in his idea of archetype.

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Published

2018-03-13