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Query: what would we have learned from this book if we had it today? Would it be as valuable as some other Aristotle works?
Of course. We would have learned how Aristotle categorized comedy. It would not have rivaled the Nichomachean Ethics or his analysis of the Athenian Constitution, but it would have completed another piece of Aristotle’s mind. Think about all of the works that were lost when the Library of Alexandria burned. All of the great masterpieces of knowledge lost and the contents of their wisdom forgotten by the time the Germanic hordes overran Rome. 😥
Yes, I suppose the answer to that question was a no-brainer. It would have given a great insight into Aristotle’s mind to complement his Poetics. I think that the most significant work by Aristotle was probably the Metaphysics, especially as it provided a basis for Aquinas’ On Being and Essence, which still influences today.
Here it says that about four fifths of Aristotles works have been lost. Man could certainly have benefitted from reading what he had to say throughout the ages.Â
According to Aristotle (who speculates on the matter in his Poetics), ancient comedy originated with the komos, a curious and improbable spectacle in which a company of festive males apparently sang, danced, and cavorted rollickingly around the image of a large phallus._________________Film
According to Aristotle (who speculates on the matter in his Poetics), ancient comedy originated with the komos, a curious and improbable spectacle in which a company of festive males apparently sang, danced, and cavorted rollickingly around the image of a large phallus.
I don't think Aristotle was speculating on the origins of comedy. I think he was speculating more on the changes of comedy.Â
