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

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

Poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are of nature of universals, whereas those of history are of singulars

It is absurd to hold that a man should be ashamed of an inability to defend himself with his limbs, but not ashamed of an inability to defend himself with speech and reason; for the use of rational speech is more distinctive of a human being than the use of his limbs.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

Poetry is more philosophical and of higher value than history.