mirror

Japanese: mirror
mirror

…Leonardo da Vinci used the metaphor of a mirror for his ideal art, Shakespeare's Hamlet for his ideal play, and Stendhal for his ideal novel. Also, many Western newspapers bear the name "mirror" in English and "Spiegel" in German, which is probably because they proclaim to "reflect the state of the world like a mirror." However, it has not been easy for human beings to sort out the relationship between the substance on this side of the mirror and the image reflected in the mirror. …

*Some terminology explanations that mention "mirror" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…レオナルド・ダ・ビンチは彼の理想の美術のために,シェークスピアのハムレットは彼の理想の演劇のために,そしてスタンダールは彼の理想の小説のために,鏡の比喩を用いた。また西欧の新聞に,英語なら〈ミラー,mirror〉,ドイツ語なら〈シュピーゲルSpiegel〉の名を冠したものが多いのも,〈世相を鏡のように映す〉ことをうたったものであろう。 しかし人類にとって,鏡のこちら側にある実体と,鏡に映った映像との関係は,なかなか容易には整理できなかった。…

※「mirror」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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