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To be honest, this article is a bit of a mess and quite confusing for the reader. I think the biggest problem is that it violates WP:NOTDICT. Wikipedia is not a dictionary, so article that list various meanings of a work throughout history is specifically discouraged. A clearer, more useful way to structure the article is to decide on a single definition of 'mimesis' and have the article about that. Other meaning of the word should have their own WP pages, which can be accessed via a disambig. Ashmoo (talk) 12:57, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is an error in the text. Under Plato, it states, "In Book II of The Republic, Plato describes Socrates' dialogue with his pupils. Socrates warns we should not seriously regard poetry as being capable of attaining the truth and that we who listen to poetry should be on our guard against its seductions, since the poet has no place in our idea of God."

Is/are the authors of this piece saying that Plato, who died about 350 years before Jesus was allegedly born, and who was Greek, not Jewish, referred to "our idea of God"?

Which God - Athena? Zeus?

Please rephrase to eliminate the reference to "God". 173.79.196.191 (talk) 03:48, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what it looked like when you wrote this but as it stands, it is a decent encyclopedic article on the evolution of the concept. Although it still requires some loving care.
Jp1008 (talk) 01:30, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

What happened from the 4th century to the 18th?

The idea of mimesis is central to the discussion of what art is most "truthful". I have just added the discussion on mimetics in art during the Romantic period in Britain, which is rich in phylosophical ideas and influenced the Impressionism effort to represent light and colors in a "truer" way.

The previous version of the article jumped from the Roman period straight to the 20th century (erroneusly stating that the discussions of mimesis in art started then). But something interesting must have happened in the 1,500 years since Dyonisius and Edmund Burke (1757)! I just don't have that knowledge. Maybe someone that does can fill in this huge gap? I will be watching and hoping. Happy editing!
Jp1008 (talk) 01:45, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]