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Aristotle

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“Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.” Aristotle, Poetics
“Poetry, therefore, is a more philosophical and a higher thing than history: for poetry tends to express the universal, history the particular.” Aristotle, Poetics
“the poet should prefer probable impossibilities to improbable possibilities.” Aristotle, Poetics
“It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skilfully.” Aristotle, Poetics

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