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Single Idea 2160

[filed under theme 21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 3. Artistic Representation ]

Full Idea

The province of representation is indeed two steps removed from the truth.

Gist of Idea

Representation is two steps removed from the truth

Source

Plato (The Republic [c.374 BCE], 602c)

Book Ref

Plato: 'Republic', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 1993], p.354

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The 4 ideas with the same theme [nature of representation of reality in the arts]:

2160	Representation is two steps removed from the truth [Plato]

6676	Painting makes us admire things of which we do not admire the originals [Pascal]

20332

A drawing only represents Napoleon if the artist intended it to [Wollheim]

12160

In aesthetic interest, even what is true is treated as though it were not [Scruton]