3min chapter

Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art lectures cover image

2. Aristotle's Poetics

Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art lectures

CHAPTER

Is Poetry More Philosophical Than History?

In order to construct probable or necessary sequence of events, the poet must draw on their knowledge or their beliefs anyway about how individuals of that kind are likely to behave. On Aristotle's view, history just records what particular individuals did and makes no claims about how they actually behaved. But it's because poetry encodes in this way that we've talked about. So very pointedly, he draws from this claim, the claim that poetry is therefore more philosophical than history.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode