الفن والمحاكاة في جمهورية افلاطون

Abstract

This article deals with the position of the Greek philosopher Plato on art and poets and their position in art His ideal city project, in line with his philosophical and cognitive principles, as he refused to emulate From a philosophical point of view, and on the basis of this rejection, he excluded poets from his city, just as he rejected it. From an educational point of view, considering that the poets’ imitation of reality is an imitation of any copy The imitative work is an imitation of the apparent form and not of the idea or the “essence” that Poets are unable to access it.