PPT-Aristotle’s Poetics Imitation: What’s It Good For?

Agenda Discussion What does tragedy imitate Recap and Update Tetralogy Judging Aristotles Poetics Tragedy Defined Tragedy Redeemed 7Sep 2017 Aristotle Poetics 2 Discussion What does tragedy imitate. What do you know about Aristotle’s ideas concerning the . cause. of things?. Four causes?. Potentiality to actuality?. Aristotle. Plato. Potentiality & Actuality. There are two states of being:. Starter – Disentanglement – identify the parts that are or might be . Aristotilean. .. Reading – Puzzle of Ethics p34-35. Higher Reading – . MacIntyre. p94. Bring this next lesson . LO s . To recap knowledge about the life and works of Aristotle. The . cruellest. lies are often told. in silence. . -Robert Louis Stevenson. The . cruellest. lies are often told. Independent Clause . – a group of words that can stand alone as a complete sentence. Theory of . Tragedy in . the . POETICS. Definition of Tragedy:. “Tragedy, then, is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play; in the form of action, not of narrative; with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its . How the audience enters the play. "The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.". Aristotle’s Poetics, written at about 335 BCE, is considered to be the first systematic critical theory in the world. For nearly 2,000 years it has inspired the thoughts of writers, philosophers and critics. . Starter – reminder of the doctrine of the mean, vice, virtues and deficiencies. Ext – A few examples. HWK – Michael . Slote. article. LO s . To deepen understanding of the traditional formulation of virtue ethics including . The Mind of the School. From The Nichomachean Ethics . “It is no easy task to be good…. any one can get angry- that is easy- or give or spend money; but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way..is not easy”. in Imitation and Social Learning in Robots, Humans and Animals, . Nehaniv and Dautenhaln. . Course: Robots Learning from Humans. Geonmo Gu. Computer Theory and Application Laboratory. School of Computer Science and Engineering. (2/2. ). in Imitation and Social Learning in Robots, Humans and Animals, . Nehaniv. & . Dautenhahn. Course: Robots Learning from Humans. Dong-. Kyoung. . Kye. 2015. 11. 13. Vehicle Intelligence Laboratory. 2 Kinds of Virtues. Intellectual (grows by teaching). Ethical (acquired by habituation). You become …. A builder by building. A Lyre-player by playing the lyre. Temperate by doing what is temperate. DR. IDA BAIZURA BAHAR. GREEK CRITICISM:. ARISTOTLE. Philosopher. Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. . Born: 384 BC, Stagira. Died: 322 BC, Chalcis. Aristotle's Poetics. Aristotle. 's . Poetics. seeks to address the different kinds of poetry, the structure of a good poem, and the division of a poem into its component parts. He defines poetry as a 'medium of imitation' that seeks to represent or duplicate life through character, emotion, or action. Aristotle defines poetry very broadly, including epic poetry, tragedy, comedy, dithyrambic poetry, and even some kinds of music.. PLATO:. The forms [. patterns or ideals. ] are not in this world and can only be known through a process of education. Images make up the lowest category of “objects of knowledge” – art is only “imitation”. Mimeses or Imitation . (Poetics by Aristotle). History . History tells us what actually happened; poetry what may happen. Poetry tends to express the universal, history the particular. In this way, he exhibits the superiority of poetry over history. The poet freed from the tyranny of facts, takes a larger or general view of things, represents the universal in the particular and so shares the philosopher's quest for ultimate truth. He thus equates poetry with philosophy and shows that both are means to a higher truth. By the word 'universal' Aristotle signifies:.