Productive Sciences
Productive sciences are, as the name suggests, sciences that have a specific end, goal, or intention. Examples include things such as architecture and engineering, but Aristotle's works on the productive sciences are his Poetics and Rhetoric. These two works are designed to help playwrights and public speakers at their respective jobs.
Unfortunately, only a portion of The Poetics still exists. We can read his writings about tragedy and epic poetry, but the book on comedy was lost at some point in history. Poetics covers all the elements of a good tragedy, from the complexity of plots to the tragic heroes and deeds to the terms that should be used. Although it explains the aesthetic aspects of drama rather well, Aristotle points out that the show is by far not the important part of the tragedy-- the text alone is the important part, because that is where the true purpose of the tragedy is fulfilled, namely to explore different aspects of human nature.
Rhetoric is about public speaking.
Poetics
Rhetoric
Unfortunately, only a portion of The Poetics still exists. We can read his writings about tragedy and epic poetry, but the book on comedy was lost at some point in history. Poetics covers all the elements of a good tragedy, from the complexity of plots to the tragic heroes and deeds to the terms that should be used. Although it explains the aesthetic aspects of drama rather well, Aristotle points out that the show is by far not the important part of the tragedy-- the text alone is the important part, because that is where the true purpose of the tragedy is fulfilled, namely to explore different aspects of human nature.
Rhetoric is about public speaking.
Poetics
Rhetoric