The book is composed of articles by philosophers, pathologists, historians devoted to understanding the concepts of similarity and imitation in medieval culture. Ascetics, dogmatic theology, philosophy, rhetoric, spectacle and music, chosen by the authors of the collection as areas of study of similarity and imitation, are far from exhaustive, but only give an idea of ​ ​ the significance of these categories for medieval culture. The book is addressed to philosophers, historians, as well as everyone interested in the history of philosophy and philosophy of culture.