“both knowledge and art, for Aristotle, in principle, contribute to our becoming excellent people ” – Anoop Gupta(1969-)
My blog’s name derives from Aristotle’s work, Poetics. In his writings, he constructs the function of poetry of his time, specifically honing into the components of tragedy and epics. But from what I can conceive, his main claim was that poetry as an art was founded on Mimesis, the assertion that poetic rhetoric was merely a structural way to imitate life.
In a broader context, Aristotle refers to the use of language, ie poetry as something of secondary nature, a tool to be operated accordingly. Perhaps he also insisted that this method took away from the deeper pleasures & quandaries of life itself.. By attempting to elicit some kind of tangible framework to express the inexpressible..
Almost like a foreign rendition of text, overtly it makes sense to transcribe German to English, for it is the only way to get ideas across(unless the person is fluent in both languages) However linguistically, some intended meaning is lost in translation, because precise meaning is either different or nonexistent to the opposing language! Hence is the former even accurate to the latter? And do we truly want accuracy or relatability? I guess that is the real question..
And so the archaic complexity of his writing makes it hard to interpret. Let alone interpret accurately. But this is what has always fascinated me about abstract concepts and philosophy as a whole.
To further analyze the analysis and move past preconceived notions. The general ethos of my blog serves as a refutation to his bold assertion while also simultaneously being representative of my own kind of Poetics. (Forgive my hazy Aristotelian, I am more of a postmodern gal)
Although I never will be one of technical theatrics. For the sake of metaphors and catchy blog names, Pearl’s Poetics is what I chose.
