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Page 43
... tragic and epic poets are entirely alike in what they imitate.3 But this view , though common and even universal , can be considered more subtly . If epic and tragic actions were of the same nature , they would produce the same effects ...
... tragic and epic poets are entirely alike in what they imitate.3 But this view , though common and even universal , can be considered more subtly . If epic and tragic actions were of the same nature , they would produce the same effects ...
Page 44
... tragic poet sees them as fallen through some error into unhappiness . Moreover , epic poets admit in the persons they describe not only the highest virtue but also the utmost vice with much less risk than tragic poets usually do . Such ...
... tragic poet sees them as fallen through some error into unhappiness . Moreover , epic poets admit in the persons they describe not only the highest virtue but also the utmost vice with much less risk than tragic poets usually do . Such ...
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... tragic either , unless we call Homer's tragic ; and if we call it tragic , others will have to consider which can be called comic . In this then we ought to follow the view of Aristotle , who differs from Plotinus only on the name ...
... tragic either , unless we call Homer's tragic ; and if we call it tragic , others will have to consider which can be called comic . In this then we ought to follow the view of Aristotle , who differs from Plotinus only on the name ...
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