Aristotle and Me
I found reading Aristotle easier than reading Plato. Aristotle's thoughts were more convincing too, as he focuses on the types and divisions of any issue he had mentioned. The way he presented his thoughts was flexible that the reader could understand them according to his mentality, because he explains one idea in different ways and elaborations, so it could fit several kinds of reader's understanding.
In treating poetry, in my opinion, Aristotle was more reasonable than Plato, in Book III, chapter 2 Aristotle said: "The poetic style is hardly flat, but it is not appropriate for speech." I understood that Aristotle was not against poetry, but he has a point that the usage of the words and expressions in poetry are often not used in daily conversations as he focused on types of public speaking. Moreover, that poetry is admired by people because they usually admires unfamiliar things. As for me, I do like unfamiliar things, but I find poetry a reflection of one's......
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