L'homme d'Aristote : animal mimétique, animal politique - article ; n°1 ; vol.46, pg 97-102

Myriam Revault D'Allonnes

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Les Cahiers du GRIF - Année 1992 - Volume 46 - Numéro 1 - Pages 97-102
My aim is to consider the relationship between the Politics and the Poetics or, to be more
precise, to point out the two-sided characterization of the human being by Aristotle. On one hand, the human being is defined in the Politics as a political animal, endowed with logos, that is with reason and speech. But he is, on the other hand, described in the Poetics as the only animal having a natural ability to imitate. Though it is rather unusual to connect these two points of view, my hypothesis is, however, that the « mimetic » ability involves a basic uncertainty in which is rooted the political ability. Hence, if Aristotle refuses to eliminate risk in the political life, he does so on the grounds of a confrontation between rules or institutions and this basic instability.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.

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• Publié par: LES_CAHIERS_DU_GRIF
• Publié le: 01 janvier 1992
• Nombre de lectures: 33
• Langue: Français

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Myriam Revault d'Allonnes

L'homme d'Aristote : animal mimétique, animal politique

In: Les Cahiers du GRIF, N. 46, 1992. Provenances de la pensée femmes/philosophie. pp. 97-102.

Abstract

My aim is to consider the relationship between the Politics and the Poetics or, to be more

precise, to point out the two-sided characterization of the human being by Aristotle. On one hand, the human being is defined in

the Politics as a political animal, endowed with logos, that is with reason and speech. But he is, on the other hand, described in

the Poetics as the only animal having a natural ability to imitate. Though it is rather unusual to connect these two points of view,

my hypothesis is, however, that the « mimetic » ability involves a basic uncertainty in which is rooted the political ability. Hence, if

Aristotle refuses to eliminate risk in the political life, he does so on the grounds of a confrontation between rules or institutions

and this basic instability.

Citer ce document / Cite this document :

Revault d'Allonnes Myriam. L'homme d'Aristote : animal mimétique, animal politique . In: Les Cahiers du GRIF, N. 46, 1992.

Provenances de la pensée femmes/philosophie. pp. 97-102.

doi : 10.3406/grif.1992.1863

http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/grif_0770-6081_1992_num_46_1_1863