MIMESIS OF THE TRACE IN PLATO, PLOTINUS AND ARISTOTLE

• Authors: Zawadzki Andrzej
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The essay deals with a motive of trace in the philosophy of Plato, Plotin and Aristotle. In Plato's 'Theeatetus' trace-as typos, an imprint, ichnos, a remnant, and semeion, a sign-serves as a base to construct a theory of memory. Thanks to the traces left in memory a thing once seen or experienced can appear again in human consciousness as perfect image, similitude. In Plotin's 'Enneads' trace is suppressed in the name of the full transparency of Idea and being. Aristotle very often uses a term 'akolutheo' (to follow someone's traces) to stress a priority of ethical aspects of representation or imitation.

Keywords

EN

ARISTOTLE); MOTIVE OF TRACE (PLATO; PLOTIN

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Ruch Literacki
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 47
• Issue: 4-5
• Pages: 407-416
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Zawadzki Andrzej

• A. Zawadzki, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydzial Polonistyki, ul. Golebia 16, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02715548