![]() ![]() ![]() Poetry, or more generally music, is an instrument for teaching morality to citizens and for transmitting the political culture of the regime. ![]() Lord reasons to the contrary that Aristotle sides with Plato in affirming the didactic function of poetry as against the modern liberal view which argues for poetry’s aesthetic autonomy. “Lord’s study of Aristotle, which for the most part is a commentary on the last 2 books of the politics, has as its main purpose the reputation of the long-standing opinion that modern literary criticism has its origins in Aristotle. Education and Culture in the Political Thought of Aristotle. ![]()
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