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" A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle, and an end. A beginning is that which does not itself follow anything by causal necessity, but after which something naturally is or comes to be. An end, on the contrary, is that which itself naturally... "
Aristotle's Treatise on Poetry, Translated: With Notes on the Translation ... - Page 122
by Aristotle, Thomas Twining - 1812
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Essays: Philosophical, Historical & Literary, Volume 3

William Belsham - 1791 - 312 pages
...one, great, and entire. What I mean by entire," fays he, " is comprehending in itfelf, a beginning, a middle, and an end. A beginning is that which does not itfelf necefiarily follow any other «vent, but to which other events naturally fucceed. An end is...
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The Athenian Stage: A Handbook for Students

August Witzchel - Greek drama - 1850 - 172 pages
...be entire and a whole, and yet not have any magnitude. By entire I mean that which has a beginning, a middle, and an end. A beginning is that which does...something to follow it. An end, on the contrary, is that whicli supposes something to precede it, either necessarily or probably, but which nothing is required...
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Theatre of the Greeks ... information relative to the rise, progress, and ...

Greeks - 1860 - 904 pages
...a whole, and yet not be of any mag- gedy. nitude. 1. By entire, I mean that which has a beginning, a middle, and an end. A beginning is that which does...that which supposes something to precede it, either iiecessarily or probably; but which nothing is required to follow. A middle is that which both supposes...
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The Poetics of Aristotle

Aristotle - Aesthetics - 1898 - 144 pages
...magnitude ; for there may be a whole that is wanting in magnitude. A whole is that which has 3 a beginning, a middle, and an end. A beginning is that which does not itself follow anything by causal necessity, but after which something naturally is or comes to be....
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Aristotle's theory of poetry and fine art: with a critical text and ...

Samuel Henry Butcher, Aristotle - Aesthetics - 1898 - 454 pages
...may Ья_а чуЬпЬ thai \/ is wanting in magnitude. | A whole is that which has 3 a beginning, a middle, and an end. A beginning is that which does not itself follow anything by causal necessity, but after which something naturally is or comes to bef...
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The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 1

David Josiah Brewer - American essays - 1900 - 476 pages
...entire and a whole, and yet not be of any magnitude. 1. By entire I mean that which has a beginning, a middle, and an end. A beginning is that which does not necessarily suppose anything before it, but which requires something to follow it. An end, on the contrary, is that which...
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Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization ..., Volume 1

David Josiah Brewer - English literature - 1902 - 474 pages
...entire and a whole, and yet not be of any magnitude. i. By entire I mean that which has a beginning, a middle, and an end. A beginning is that which does not necessarily suppose anything before it, but which requires something to follow it. An end, on the contrary, is that which...
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Shakespeare and His Critics

Charles Frederick Johnson - 1909 - 418 pages
...magnitude ; for there may be a whole that is wanting in magnitude. A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle, and an end. A beginning is that which does not itself follow anything by causal necessity, but after which something naturally is or comes to be....
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Cinema Craftsmanship: A Book for Photoplaywrights

Frances Taylor Patterson - Motion picture plays - 1921 - 312 pages
...treatise extant is to be found in Aristotle's " Poetics " VII. "A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle, and an end. ... A beginning is that which does not itself follow anything by causal necessity, but after which something naturally is, or comes to be....
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Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance;: A Study of Rhetorical Terms in ...

Donald Lemen Clark - English language - 1922 - 188 pages
...not of space relations, but of movement. For instance, to possess unity a plot must have a beginning, a middle and an end. A beginning is that which does not itself follow anything by causal necessity, but after which something naturally is or comes to be....
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