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Quotation from Poetics by Aristotle
“the instinct of imitation is implanted in man from childhood”
Poetics, Chapter IV, trans. S. H. Butcher
Aristotle names the first of poetry's two natural causes: humans are the most imitative of creatures and learn their first lessons by imitating.
Citation: "the instinct of imitation is implanted in man from childhood" — Aristotle, Poetics, Chapter IV, trans. S. H. Butcher. (id aristotle-poetics-q1)
Portrait: Aristotle Altemps Inv8575, After Lysippos, Public domain.
