El discurso de la mimesis en el Libro X de la República de Platón: similitudes y diferencias con los libros II y III

Abstract

The main objective of the article is to highlight the similarities and differences in the way in which Book X andBooks II and III of The Republic treat the concept of mimesis. This analysis is essential in clarifying Plato’s globalconception of the true role of the arts in his political and social vision of the State. Such an approach requires adetailed analysis of Book X of The Republic, the only work in which Plato looks at the problem of art and societyin depth. The results are surprisingly clear. Rather than attributing corruption and the dangers of art to oneartist or school in particular, he refers to the mimetic institution of art as an imitation of an imitation.