Teaching Aristotle's Poetics today in my text analysis class, my students and I had the following exchange:
Aaron: So Aristotle says that tragedy is an imitation of an action. That is, a mīmēsis of a praxis. From praxis we get our words practice, of course, and practical. And from mīmēsis we get our word...?
Luis: Mimosa.
Aaron: ...
Mimosa is a genus of about 400 species of herbs and shrubs, in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family Fabaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek word μιμος (mimos), meaning "mimic."
ReplyDeleteHe was correct KV