Reason may prove futile, and imagination may humble itself in prayer for a higher power. It yearns for the ‘other’ not to be an unwarranted dependency but a lesson in failure—an opportunity to break for the future. This, the author contends, is history. Choosing poetry over history, ‘poiesis’ over ‘historia,’ emerges as a more profound path to knowledge. The author delves into this intricacy, exploring the nuanced relationship between reason, imagination, history, and poetry.

[Source: Anustup]