Ep. 40: Truth and Beauty
Young Heretics
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History and Tragedy
A historian should not use his narrative to astound his readers with sensationalism, nor should he make up plausible speeches and list all the possible consequences of events. It is the job of a tragic poet to astound and entertain his audience for a moment by means of the most convincing words he can find. A historian should focus exclusively on what was actually done and said, even if some of these facts are rather unexciting. History and tragedy do not serve the same purposes. They have to be a sort of felt and experienced and ther part of their point is broadening your inner experience of the world in a way that is responsible and instructive and edifying.
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