tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post2230735266705312224..comments2024-03-19T06:22:40.011-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: ERICH AUERBACH MIMESIS: AN APPRECIATION CONCLUSIONRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-30572379040374520002020-10-02T19:52:58.967-04:002020-10-02T19:52:58.967-04:00I have not read Mimeisis, but I'm curious abou...I have not read <i>Mimeisis</i>, but I'm curious about the characterization of the authors of the synoptic gospels as "not Greek," and of Peter as an author (or at least authorial) participant. The New testament is all Greek, & was written for a Greek reading audience, using very Greek literary forms (many of the authors are far more familiar with the streets & squares of Rome than the geography of Judea). "Peter's denials" are also a formulaic story progression that is repeated in all four gospels, with Peter as a dramatic character within the story, he's not telling the story (although, as you suggest, he was/is assumed to be an authority on apostle stories). What strikes me as the biggest difference between the Peter story & the Petronius & Tacitus stories is that the Gospels, as the name makes clear, were self consciously political & religious propaganda. They may have been set in Galilee & Judea, but they were/are very Greek and Latinate (or Rome-centric) writings, whoever wrote them.Marcus Aurinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-22776256778454991522012-01-17T13:19:30.833-05:002012-01-17T13:19:30.833-05:00Since Aristotle, Mimesis has been treated primaril...Since Aristotle, Mimesis has been treated primarily as a topic in Aesthetics. However, it has potentially wider philosophical significance, beginning with the observable fact that a primary mode of interaction between organism and environment is mimetic. So, for example, a theory of cognitive representation, and one of sympathy, can each be based on imitative processes, etc.Don Schneierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751277350617015241noreply@blogger.com