Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.


Poetics, 9.1451b5-11

Aristotle Quotes

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.