Terms
for
Plato:
• Techne
(Tek-‐nay):
Any
applicaMon
of
skill
or
knowledge
(includes:
carpentry,
painMng,
poetry,
rhetoric,
governing,
etc.)
• Mimesis
(Mi-‐may-‐sis):
ImitaMon
of
Truth,
especially
in
reference
to
the
work
of
the
“craQsman.”
• Essence/Truth:
The
highest
(or
“Truest”)
form
of
existence,
all-‐encompassing
and
unchanging.
This
is
what
Forms
refer
to.