Assertion: mimesis | /r/CapableOf | infiltrate human bodies
Facets:
value: in imperceptible ways
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: According to this second definition, mimesis shares some characteristics with viruses: it is linked to reproduction, it infiltrates human bodies in imperceptible ways, and above all, it renders subjects vulnerable to a type of affective contagion that is amplified by proximity with others: anxiety, fear, panic, but also new mimetic gesture and positive emotions like solidarity, compassion and sympathy, which, even from a distance, make us at least partially partake in the suffering (pathos) of the other, turning it into a shared suffering (sym-pathos, feeling with).