> "Poetry is more philosophical and more serious than history; for poetry tends to express the universal, history the particular."
This quote highlights Aristotle's belief that poetry, unlike history, explores universal truths and human nature rather than specific events and people.
Here are some other famous Aristotle quotes about poetics:
* "The end of the art of poetry is to imitate."
* "The best tragedy is one that is well constructed, with a plot that is exciting and suspenseful, and characters that are believable and relatable."
* "Comedy is an imitation of people who are worse than we are, tragedy of people who are better."
* "The poet's function is not to tell what has happened, but what could have happened, what is possible according to probability or necessity."
These quotes offer insights into Aristotle's views on the nature of poetry, its purpose, and its elements.