A Comparative Study of the Theory of Imitation on Art from the Perspective of Western Philosophy and Iranian-Islamic Philosophers

Achieving the art Essence requires examining theories formed around the history of the art. Imitation. "Mohaakaat" (mimesis) is one of the most important fundamental and key terms in the philosophy of art. By comparatively examining the intellectual foundations of the Greek thinkers, Plato and Aristotle and the Iranian-Islamic philosophers, Farabi and Avicent, we seek to understand the role of philosophers and the extent to which this theory influenced the nature of art. The research method in this research is descriptive-analytical and its sources are library and documentary. It is concluded that mere imitation of the sensibles is devoid of art and that imitation, combined with simile, allegory, metaphor, active imagination and a new process of creation, causes pleasure and enjoyment in human and and give and enduring and transcendent art that is proved in a comparative study of the views of Western and Iranian Islamic thinkers.