Aristotle's Poetics
What difference does Aristotle find between historyand poetry?
What difference does Aristotle find between historyand poetry?
What difference does Aristotle find between historyand poetry?
Basically Aristotle felt there was more philosophical substance to poetry than in history. He felt that man could express and learn from poetry in a way that he cannot from history. Poetry reaches the higher senses of mans' capabilities. Poetry infuses the abstract and the essence of enlightenment: history merely conveys information.