Daniel McInerny's "Beauty & Imitation" ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Daniel McInerny's "Beauty & Imitation" ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Daniel McInerny’s “Beauty & Imitation” is a superb reactivation not only of Aristotle’s understanding of mimesis but also with an Aquinas enhancement. From the first page forward, in fine prose, McInerny surveys with sincerity and depth the Catholic understanding of the arts, beauty, and sublimity. Despite, or perhaps in part because of its importance and influence within the history of aesthetics, the current status of mimesis as a concept (or …