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... custom ) and romance is ( thus more excellent ) than epic since more approved by custom . To refute this argument , my proof must , for greater intelligibility and clarity , start from a deeper principle . Some things are neither good ...
... custom ) and romance is ( thus more excellent ) than epic since more approved by custom . To refute this argument , my proof must , for greater intelligibility and clarity , start from a deeper principle . Some things are neither good ...
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... custom has no power or authority over them . Vice and virtue are of this kind : vice is wicked in itself , virtue in itself honourable , and virtuous and vicious deeds in themselves merit praise or blame . Now what is so in itself is ...
... custom has no power or authority over them . Vice and virtue are of this kind : vice is wicked in itself , virtue in itself honourable , and virtuous and vicious deeds in themselves merit praise or blame . Now what is so in itself is ...
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... custom . Every poem consists of words and things . As for the words , let it be granted ( as irrelevant to our thesis ) that the best are those custom commends most since they are neither beautiful nor ugly in themselves , but merely ...
... custom . Every poem consists of words and things . As for the words , let it be granted ( as irrelevant to our thesis ) that the best are those custom commends most since they are neither beautiful nor ugly in themselves , but merely ...
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