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How Does Art Imitate Nature? | Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P.

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Art Is an Imitation of Nature

Philosophers are notoriously perplexed by the question of how to define art. But as Mary Mother Sir has pointed out, it seems to be fairly undisputed that art is a form of making. Art is an imitation of nature has to do with our own nature in particular because art is specific to us. Neither God nor angels nor animals make art. Only we do.

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