Aristotle Quotes on Poetry
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Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. (1451b6)
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Poetry demands a man with a special gift for it, or else one with a touch of madness in him. (1455a33)
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Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. (1460a19)
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For the purposes of poetry a convincing impossibility is preferable to an unconvincing possibility. (1461b11)