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Archive for the ‘plato’ Category
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Social Media Mimesis
The following is a post from my personal blog published on June 14, 2011. I thought I’d share it with some additional thoughts on the effect social media has on our behavior and what Google+ is adding to the equation.… Read the rest
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Criticism as Narrative
There is quite a bit of confusion in the language used to express ideas. Whether the ideas are confused or the language we use is insufficient to make distinct the subtleties of our ideas I am unsure. But as I … Read the rest
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Art
The title of this essay is an attempt to assess an account of art, which has taken on varying forms from ancient times to the present. Art, being the most general and basic of terms, is used here to try … Read the rest
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The Graduate
After going to bed early last night out of the despondent prospect of what life after college is meant to be, I woke up and watched The Graduate. Dustin Hoffman stars as Benjamin Braddock, a recent graduate who returns … Read the rest
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Aristotelian Mimesis
Before we move on to modern conceptions of mimesis, I wanted to give Plato more credit for his works with some thoughtful commentary. I will also speak on how I found Aristotle’s deconstruction of the mimetic experience to be … Read the rest
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Platonic Mimesis
I found Plato’s attack on mimesis to be an ad hoc attempt to discredit Aristophanes’ depiction of Socrates in . My evidence is weak, actually I don’t have much, other than “Clouds” preceding “The Republic” based on evidence in “The … Read the rest