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> [Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are of the nature rather of universals,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/hence-poetry-is-something-more-philosophic-and-of-graver-import-than/)

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> [Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/hence-poetry-is-something-more-philosophic-and-of-graver-import-than-2/)

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> [“The poet's function is to describe, not the thing that has happened, but a kind of thing that might happen, i.e., what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-poet-s-function-is-to-describe-not-the-thing-that-has-happened/)

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> [“History describes what has happened, poetry what might. Hence poetry is something more philosophic and serious than history; for poetry speaks of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/history-describes-what-has-happened-poetry-what-might-hence-poetry-is/)

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