Although Aristotle's Poetics is the most frequently read of his works, philosophers and political theorists have, for the most part, left analysis of the text to literary critics and classicist. In this book Michael Davis argues convincingly that in addition to teaching us something about poetry, poetics contains an understanding of the common structure of human action and human thought that connects it to Aristotle's other writings on politics and morality. Davis demonstrates that the duality of Poetics reaches out to the philosopher,writer, and political theorist and shows the importance of the ideal in our imaginings of an goals for the future.
- ISBN10 1890318620
- ISBN13 9781890318628
- Publish Date 1 July 1999
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St Augustine's Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 203
- Language English