• Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

  Aristotle
  Greek philosopher 384 v.C. - 322 v.C.
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. philosophical
2. particular
3. universal

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Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. by : Aristotle

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