Philosophical poets  

From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia

(Redirected from Philosophical poetry)
Jump to: navigation, search

Related e

Wikipedia
Wiktionary
Shop


Featured:

poetry, philosophy, philosophy and literature

A number of poets have written poems on philosophical themes, and some important philosophers have expressed their philosophy in verse. The cosmogony of Hesiod and the De Rerum Natura of Lucretius are important philosophical poems. The genre of epic poetry was also used to teach philosophy. Vyasa narrated the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata in order to teach Indian philosophy and Hindu philosophy. Homer also presented some philosophical teachings in his Odyssey.

Many of the Eastern philosophers worked out their thought in poetical fashion. Some of the important names include:

Notable Western philosophical poets include:

See also




Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Philosophical poets" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.

Personal tools