Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
Plato (via lilysofthefield)
erm—-Actually this is a 19th century “remix/mashup” of 2 different quotes by Plato and Aristotle by Ralph Waldo Emerson in Nature. Interesting Quote…but is it Poetry or History?
Plato’s quote is “Action comes less near to vital truth than description”
Aristotle’s is “Poetry is something more philosophical and excellent than history”
(via mymemnosyne)
Source: lilysofthefield
19 Notes/ Hide
-
dfreak reblogged this from mymemnosyne and added:
erm—-Actually this is a 19th century “remix/mashup” of 2 different quotes by Plato and Aristotle by Ralph Waldo Emerson...
-
miss-valentine liked this
-
angelicaldarkness liked this
-
mindpop-ups reblogged this from lilysofthefield
-
mikefrawley liked this
-
myelegia liked this
-
vivo-vivere liked this
-
obanderson liked this
-
singlestoryofme reblogged this from merisongbird
-
neverthegreyer liked this
-
iamdeeplyrooted liked this
-
ituccio liked this
-
merisongbird reblogged this from lilysofthefield
-
merisongbird liked this
-
lilysofthefield posted this
Just getting my head together about a few things...
