THE CONCEPT OF IMITATION IN PLATO AND ARISTOTLE Abstract Plato and Aristotle argue that artist (Demiurge) and poet imitate nature‚ thus‚ a work of art is a reflection of nature. However‚ they have different views on the functions of imitation in art and literature. Plato believes in the existence of the ideal world‚ where exists a real form of every object found in nature. A work of art –which reflects nature is twice far from the reality it represents. Aristotle‚ on the other hand‚ does not
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The impact of Hellenism on the jews can be traced chronogically from the time of Alexander‚the great to the destruction of the temple in 70 AD.This is because as a result of the conquests of Alexander‚ the history‚ culture‚ languages and civilizations of the peoples of the eastern Mediterranean and Asia were changed forever. Alexander‚the great established Greek city-states and military strongholds throughout Asia Minor‚ Syria-Palestine‚ Egypt and Mesopotamia.Wherever he and his troops went in the
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stanzas reveal the triumph of art over life. The lovers love without tiring and they play melodies unheard‚ that remain sweeter to comprehend. The beauty of maidens and the greenery of the trees shall never fade away. If the first scene depicts Dionysian revelry‚ the second signifies Appolonian order. It potrays the serene scene of a sacrificial ritual. If the first portrays individual yearning‚ the second depicts communal activity. The last Stanza brings us to the urn itself as an object: "attic
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Having planted this seed‚ Sir Henry (more than a little enamored of Dorian’s beauty) imagines Dorian might embody a new hedonism‚ though I imagine it is a Dionysian hedonism that revels in youth and heightened senses. In describing his own regrets in losing his youth‚ Sir Henry effectively creates in Dorian a desire to remain
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Modernism vs. Post Modernism The ideas of modernism and post modernism are fundamentally different. Modernism is the belief that human beings can improve their environment‚ using scientific knowledge‚ technology and putting all of those things into practice. Modernism is prevalent in the field of arts. The concept of post modernism looks at the ideas behind modernism and questions whether they really exist. (wikipedia) Modernism began in the early 1800’s. It emerged with Manet and Baudelaire
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1 Proximal Humeral Fracture Repair and Rehabilitation Surgical Indications and Considerations Anatomical Considerations: Numerous types of proximal humeral fractures can occur each of which have separate surgical indications and considerations. Proximal humeral fractures commonly occur along the physeal lines. Thus‚ fractures may involve the tubercles (greater and/or lesser)‚ surgical neck‚ or anatomical neck of the humerus. The surgical neck lies between the tuberosities and the shaft while
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unpatriotic practices‚ because Greeks wanted their citizens to display a love to their country above all others. Greeks also valued reason and rationality and enjoyed philosophical views‚ they sought after a definition of everything and believed in the apollonian concept based upon reason‚ brightness‚ and intelligence. They even held large assemblies where they held discussions which led to decision making and the passage of laws. The
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The human experience of belonging is an eternal struggle to find our place amidst a paradox‚ where the acquisition of material symbols of superiority disconnects and disempowers individuals’ sense of belonging. The poems of Peter Skrzynecki‚ ‘Ancestors’ and ‘Feliks Skrzynecki’ along with Milos Forman’s film‚ ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ and YouTube clip ‘Symphony of science’‚ recognize how the passing of time in any advanced civilization includes the formation of organizing institutions that
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The "Will to Power" Nietzsche believed the will to power to be the fundamental causal power in the world‚ the driving force of all natural phenomena and the dynamic to which all other causal powers could be reduced. I believe Nietzsche in part hoped the will to power could be a theory of everything‚ providing the ultimate foundations for explanations of everything from whole societies‚ to individual organisms‚ down to simple lumps of matter. The will to power cannot be known. It must be understood
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“Man… cannot learn to forget‚ but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs that chain run with him” in light of Nietzsche’s opinion‚ compare and contrast the presentation of the past as a limiting factor to the identities of the female protagonists in A Streetcar Named Desire and Top Girls. The Southern Belle protagonist‚ Blanche Dubois‚ by the playwright Tennessee Williams is deeply haunted by her past‚ which is limiting her identity in the present and in order to cope; the protagonist
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