History Quote by Aristotle

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

— Aristotle

“The poet's function is to describe, not the thing that has happened, but a kind of thing that might happen, i.e., what is possible…

— Aristotle

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those…

— Aristotle

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are of the nature rather of universals, whereas those…

— Aristotle

For this reason poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history.

— Aristotle

A poet's object is not to tell what actually happened but what could or would happen either probably or inevitably… For this reason poetry…

— Aristotle

History is a great deal closer to poetry than is generally realised: in truth, I think, it is in essence the same.

— A. L. Rowse

History is the new poetry.

— Thomas Carlyle

History after all is the true poetry.

— Thomas Carlyle

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

— Plato

History is a symphony of echoes heard and unheard. It is a poem with events as verses.

— Charles Angoff

It is part of my creed that the only poetry is history, could we tell it right.

— Thomas Carlyle