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Poetry and Philosophy: Towards a Comparative Analysis

Aayushee Garg

Within the extant domain of humanities, both poetry and philosophy are accorded almost an equal amount of veneration. Since Socrates in Plato’s Republic expelled the imitative tragic poets from his ideal state laying grounds for reformed ethical poetry, there have been numerous debates in this regard. Poetry and philosophy have remained at loggerheads since then. However, there are various approaches to read the binary of poetry and philosophy. A comparative analysis of any two ideas must aspire to estimate the recognisable differences as well as similarities between the two of them. Are poetry and philosophy similar to each other? Is there a dichotomy between the two? This essay attempts to contrast and compare the two fields critically. (Jansen 5)

Poetry and Philosophy

Observed as two states of mind, the philosophical mind transcends the puerile barriers of senses in order to perceive the immediate reality, as Krishnamurti claims throughout the three volumes of his Commentaries on Living. The philosophical mind strives to exorcise the poetic mind of its inherent romantic element which is continuously racing towards the sublime. The poetic mind, on the other hand, strives to expunge the rigid labels that the philosophical mind has always grown up with. Philosophy has a serious problem with poetry’s call for a “willing suspension of disbelief.” Even, romantic poet Coleridge admitted that a certain sense of cognitive estrangement is required to engage in “poetic faith.”

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Aayushee Garg
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