Reviews

Poetics and Rhetoric by Aristotle

anarcho_zymurgist's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.25

I won't lie, a lot of this went over my head. This wasn't helped by Aristotle's meandering writing, and I probably won't have the patience to revisit it anytime soon. From what I understood, I agreed with much of it and disagreed with some, but nothing struck me as particularly profound.

breadandmushrooms's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.25

partingbirds's review

[only read Poetics]

evamadera1's review

4.0

I enjoyed reading this book. I can easily see why a book such as this became the textbook for countless academics for hundreds of years. Aristotle writes with immense confidence, almost as if he believes that his words are the gospel truth. (That's odd phrase for me to use but it satisfactorily conveys the point I'm trying to make.)
This is a cursory review only. Any more adequate review would require much more time devoted to reading, studying and analyzing the text.
For those interested in reading the classics, this one will not disappoint or bore you to tears.