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Originally Posted by Erik Olson
Still if philosophy is what one craves one might find better nourishment in Immanuel Kant, or Heidegger.
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Big topic, and we did have a thread once about
Philosophy and Poetry, but I disagree with this, Eric. Didactic verse is not the only way to convey philosophy, nor the way I personally prefer. Poetry can
embody philosophy in symbols and images. The profundity in
King Lear or
Song of Myself is philosophy in act. I like my philosophy with hair on it.
Try reading George Santayana's
Three Philosophical Poets, on Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe. They were philosophical poets in a way Pope (who I like a lot) was not.