Plato to Alexander Pope: Backgrounds of Modern CriticismWalter Sutton, Vivian Sutton Odyssey Press, 1966 - 243 pages |
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... character and thought , for it is by these that we qualify actions themselves , and these - thought and character - are the two natural causes from which actions spring , and on actions again all success or failure depends . Hence , the ...
... character and thought , for it is by these that we qualify actions themselves , and these - thought and character - are the two natural causes from which actions spring , and on actions again all success or failure depends . Hence , the ...
Page 42
... characters speak the language of civic life ; the poets of our time , the language of the rhetoricians . Character is that which reveals moral purpose , showing what kind of things a man chooses or avoids . Speeches , therefore , which ...
... characters speak the language of civic life ; the poets of our time , the language of the rhetoricians . Character is that which reveals moral purpose , showing what kind of things a man chooses or avoids . Speeches , therefore , which ...
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... character there are four things to be aimed at . First and most important , it must be good . Now any speech or action that manifests moral purpose of any kind will be expressive of character : the character will be good if the purpose ...
... character there are four things to be aimed at . First and most important , it must be good . Now any speech or action that manifests moral purpose of any kind will be expressive of character : the character will be good if the purpose ...
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action admiration Aeschylus Ancients Aristotle audience beauty Ben Jonson better blank verse called character comedy Crites critics delight Demosthenes diction divine doth dramatic Dryden English epic poetry Eugenius Euripides excellent expression eyes father fault French genius give Glaucon Greek hath Hesiod Homer honor Horace humor iambic Iliad imagine imitation inspiration John Dryden Jonson judge judgment kind knowledge language laughter learning Lisideius living Longinus matter mean metaphors meter mind modern Muse nature Neander neoclassical never observed Odyssey passions perfect persons philosopher pity Plato Plautus play plot poem poesy poet poet's poetic Polygnotus praise proper prose Quintilian reason rhapsode rhyme rules scene sense Silent Woman Socrates song Sophocles soul sound speak speech stage style sublimity things thought tion tragedy tragic tragicomedies true truth unity virtue whole words writ write Xenophon