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    Plato believed that art is just an imitation of reality and not true. He saw art forms as dangerous copies of ideal forms that truly exist. Aristotle disagreed and saw art as a way to reveal truth through representation. He argued that imitation is innate and enables learning. For poetry, Plato felt it destroys the mind while Aristotle saw it as eliciting emotions through catharsis. Kant argued that art should be judged solely on aesthetic merits and stand independently without moral scrutiny. Later views saw art as a form of escape.

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    Plato believed that art is just an imitation of reality and not true. He saw art forms as dangerous copies of ideal forms that truly exist. Aristotle disagreed and saw art as a way to reveal truth through representation. He argued that imitation is innate and enables learning. For poetry, Plato felt it destroys the mind while Aristotle saw it as eliciting emotions through catharsis. Kant argued that art should be judged solely on aesthetic merits and stand independently without moral scrutiny. Later views saw art as a form of escape.

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    Plato believed that art is just an imitation of reality and not true. He saw art forms as dangerous copies of ideal forms that truly exist. Aristotle disagreed and saw art as a way to reveal truth through representation. He argued that imitation is innate and enables learning. For poetry, Plato felt it destroys the mind while Aristotle saw it as eliciting emotions through catharsis. Kant argued that art should be judged solely on aesthetic merits and stand independently without moral scrutiny. Later views saw art as a form of escape.

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    PLATO’S THEORY OF IMITATION

    ART AS MIMESIS
    ART IS JUST A COPY OF THE TRUTH, THEREFORE,
    FOR HIM, LITERATURE AND POETRY ARE NOT
    TRUE, THEY ARE JUST IMITATIONS OF IDEAL
    ALL THINGS THAT EXIST IN THIS WORLD ARE
    COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL AND TRUE ENTITIES IN
    A WORLD OF FORMS.
    ALL ART FORMS ARE REPLICAS OF IDEA AND
    DANGEROUS
    ARISTOTLE: ART AS REPRESENTATION
    DISAPPROVES PLATO’S THEORY
    ART IS AN AGENT ON REVEALING THE TRUTH
    IMITATION IS IN-BORN AND IT IS IMITATIONS
    THAT ENABLES THE CHILD TO LEARN
    PLATO vs ARISTOTLE
    POETRY
    Plato: Poetry destroys the mind of youth
    because it is immoral. Philosophy is better
    because it deals with truth while Poetry deals
    with illusions
    Aristotle: believes that poetry results to having
    emotions such as: fear, pain, pity, etc..
    This is called “CATHARSIS”
    KANT: ART FOR ART SAKE
    Art should be separated from other
    considerations.
    Judgement of any art forms should not focus on
    the external moral aspect or political morality.
    Aesthetic impression is to be valued.
    Art should stand independently and should be
    free from scrutiny
    Art should stand for beauty alone
    ART AS AN ESCAPE

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