Art and Truth in Aristotle's Thought

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Published: Jun 18, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/conatus.16041
Keywords:
art habit truth truthfulness inteligible
Vasilios Nikas
Aristotle University of Thesaloniki
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9164-9785
Abstract
Very much unlike Plato, who believes that art is three steps away from truth, Aristotle in his Nicomachean Ethics defines art as a creative habit accompanied by true reason; in other words, truth and art are interrelated according to Aristotle. According to contemporary scholars, and due to the potential of mimesis, art is considered to be a tendency towards unveiling the eternal absolutes. In this paper I will discuss art in the light of the Aristotelian approach, that is, as a broadening of what is real and essential, and as an unmediated, unexpected, and instant intuitive understanding of the truth in all its simplicity and wholeness.
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