Aristotle, Poetics - Development Of Types Of Poetry - Sadler's Lectures


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Jan 21 2025 17 mins   7
This lecture discusses the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle' work, the Poetics, focusing on his discussion of the development of modes of poetic works, including comedy, tragedy, epic, dithyramb, among others. Aristotle explains that these develop out of the human capacity for mimesis or imitation, an aspect in which human beings excel other animals

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