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expositions-2224	none	Poetry and Philosophy	2017	7	.pdf	application/pdf	2377	175	57	Microsoft Word - 1 Plato Trepanier Intro.docx [Expositions 11.1 (2017) 72–78] Expositions (online) ISSN: 1747–5376 Poetry and Philosophy LEE TRAPANIER Saginaw Valley State University Of the three branches of literary studies, theory traditionally has been given the most attention by scholars since the time of Aristarchus, with philosophy playing an instrumental role in theory’s development and growth.1 However, philosophy itself has been influenced by literature, and specifically by poetry, since its inception.2 Although some thinkers, such as Dilthey and Nietzsche, praise the wisdom of poets and see poetry and philosophy as mutually beneficial pursuits, most philosophers and theorists resent, diminish, or eliminate the importance of poetry in philosophy and theory.	cache/expositions-2224.pdf	txt/expositions-2224.txt