In a text that Diogenes Laertius attributed to Aristotle’s dialogue On the Poets, Empedocles’ poetic style is celebrated. However, in the Poetics Aristotle says that Empedocles was a physiologist, not a poet, and in other places he expresses criticism about his language. How do you explain the disparity in Aristotle’s judgments? This is the question to which this paper presents a new answer.
FILOSOFIA E LINGUAGGIO POETICO: EMPEDOCLE NEL GIUDIZIO DI ARISTOTELE
Dina Micalella
2018-01-01
Abstract
In a text that Diogenes Laertius attributed to Aristotle’s dialogue On the Poets, Empedocles’ poetic style is celebrated. However, in the Poetics Aristotle says that Empedocles was a physiologist, not a poet, and in other places he expresses criticism about his language. How do you explain the disparity in Aristotle’s judgments? This is the question to which this paper presents a new answer.
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