See also Walter Benjamin's short piece "On the Mimetic Faculty" (1933)[1]. In short: "...language may be seen as the highest level of mimetic behavior and the m

See also Walter Benjamin's short piece "On the Mimetic Faculty" (1933)[1]. In short: "...language may be seen as the highest level of mimetic behavior and the most complete archive of nonsensuous similarity: a medium into which the earlier powers of mimetic production and comprehension have passed without residue, to the point where they have liquidated those of magic." 1. http://tems.umn.edu/pdf/Benjamin-4-22-Mimetic%20Faculty.pdf http://tems.umn.edu/pdf/Benjamin-4-22-Mimetic%20Faculty.pdf