El prestigio cultural de la mímesis ritual.

In general, mimesis can be ritual, visual or cognitive. The oldest mimesis takes place within the framework of rites, but in times of symbolic impoverishment many of them have lost their former vigour and have sometimes been reduced to mere folklore. Plato addressed visual mimesis, who said that it did not allow us to know reality with the depth or perfection with which it was possible to do it through rite or reflection. Aristotle delved into cognitive mimesis, pointing out that from it could be known the laws of nature, its ends and the way in which it operates to achieve them. By analysing these types of mimesis, we will highlight that a legitimate and effective way to reconnect man with the world and with reality is the enhancement of the rite. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]