[lit-ideas] Re: Mimesis -- and the Immorality of Art

  • From: Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:35:29 -0800

JL:

(i) Plato is concerned with only _one_ art, sculpture, or 'plastike tekhne', as he called it.

He's concerned with poetry, drama, and painting. The painter, the zôgraphos, and his shortcomings are discussed in 'Book 10,' especially at 10.598b-598c.

Robert Paul,
imitating life

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