Abstract: This article is mainly on the origin of ”simulacrum” (simulacre) by the simulation, and related problems. ”Simulacrum” is the fore-concept of ”representation” in the tradition of philosophy. It can be traced back to Ancient Greece. The ancient Greeks, with the help of simulacrum (eidolon、eikon) and through its way of simulation, achieved the imitation of the sacred that belongs to the immortal world into the human mundane world, thus approving the value and significance of simulacrum. However, Parmenides thought that such an imitation is just an imitation of the human mortal world, not the sacred one. And with this reason, he foregoes the value of simulacrum. To him, our human mortal world is just an illusion, an appearance. Simulacrum regains its status through Plato. Plato is the first to inherit the viewpoint of the ancient Greece in regard to simulacrum. But he too adopts the Parmenidean standpoint on the devaluation of simulacrum at the same time. And from then on, the devaluation of simulacrum becomes one of the characteristics of philosophical rational thinking. Thus forming a brief history of simulacrum.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
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