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This lecture discusses the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle' work, the Poetics, focusing on his discussion near the end of the work focused upon the question whether tragedy or epic is superior as a poetic genre. Aristotle argues that tragedy is the superior genre. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO You can find over 3000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Aristotle's Poetics - amzn.to/3UcswRY