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Euthyphro

Euthyphro

by Plato

Euthyphro is one among the most famous Plato’s dialogues which takes place outside the court of Athens. Socrates is charged on impiety by Meletus and Euthyphro has come to prosecute his own father. Both meet outside the Athens court and the dialogue begins there. The core of the dialogue is Socrates trying to learn from Euthyphro on what is holi..

The Poetics of Aristotle

The Poetics of Aristotle

by Aristotle

The Poetics of Aristotle is an oldest surviving theory of Dramatization in literary works including drama (and its sub genres Comedy, Tragedy and Satire), Poetry (Lyric Poetry, Epic poetry and Dithyramb) written by Aristotle, who was a Greek Philosopher and a disciple of Socrates.  This text explores genres of poetry in three ways such as M..

Aesthetical Essays

Aesthetical Essays

by Friedrich Schiller

Aesthetical Essays is a philosophical work written by Friedrich Schiller, a German philosopher who was instrumental in creating Weimar Classicism. His notable works spans across plays, poems, prose and essays, notable among them are The Robbers, Intrigue and Love, The Maid of Orleans, The Cranes of Ibykus and Song of the Bell. This philosophical..

Why We Love Music

Why We Love Music

by Carl E. Seashore

Why does a person love his sweetheart, his food, his safety, his social fellowship, his communion with nature, his God, approaches to the ultimate goals of truth, goodness, and beauty? The answer to each of these is a long story, involving not only common sense and scientific observation but a profound intuitive insight, a self-revelation. In all, ..

The origins of art

The origins of art

by Y. Hirn

The aim and scope of this book is sufficiently indicated by its title. I have endeavoured throughout to restrict my attention to questions connected with the origins of art. Points of history and criticism have been touched upon only in so far as they appeared to contribute towards the elucidation of this purely psychological and sociological probl..