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The Study of Mime as a Manifestation of Sociability, as Play and Artistic Expression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Edmond Radar
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Mime expresses a condition suffered by all men: the physical condition. Since here is the seat of all consciousness and the implicit support of the mind's most delicate constructions, mime is the original and universal language. Learning to talk is mimicry at the beginning, and the small child repeats the words before he has understood their meaning. The adult never stops resorting to it; sympathy, love are born and avowed in a mimetic exchange; and relaxation results from the freedom of movement which most games entail. Mime is also a means of social communication; it gives birth to pity, which is awakened by physical sympathy. Pity in turn is the most binding sentiment of all : Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and anthropology consider it fundamental to the condition of society.

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Research Article
Information
Diogenes , Volume 13 , Issue 50 , June 1965 , pp. 43 - 56
Copyright
Copyright © 1965 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)

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