Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
- Aristotle
Tag: Aristotle
Category : History QuotesMore Quotes
- Poetry is more philosophical and of higher value than history; for poetry tends to express the universal, history the particular. - Aristotle
- Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge. - William Wordsworth
- Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. - Honore De Balzac
- History is the enactment of ritual on a permanent and universal stage; and its perpetual commemoration. - Norman O. Brown
- History is still in large measure poetry to me. - Jakob Burckhardt


+1
Leave a comment