Између идеје и природе: подражавање код Дидроа и Платона
Between Idea and Nature: Imitation in Diderot and Plato

Summary/Abstract: The question of imitation (mīmēsis), representation (repræsentatio), and/or mimicry (imitatio) in the process of creating a work of art has captivated the attention of philosophers of art since antiquity. In Plato's (Πλάτων) philosophy, where ontological conditioning of a dual universe prevails, poetry as a mimetic art has a limited status and depends on the uncreated and immutable pure Idea. As part of the sensible world, which is subordinated to the ideal, it is merely a "shadow of a shadow." In the 18th century, Denis Diderot discusses whether the artist is merely a passive imitator, or if they create an original work based on an internal model, thus transcending nature itself. Depending on the understanding of imitation, these philosophers offer different answers regarding the scope and essence of art as a created autonomous fiction and nature as one of the models in creation. However, there are also aesthetic parallels, which will be established in this paper through a comparative analysis of this concept in their writings.

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