On the Sublime · 1st century AD
Chapter VI
Translated by H. L. Havell (1890)
Our best hope of doing this will be first of all to grasp some definite theory and criterion of the true Sublime. Nevertheless this is a hard matter; for a just judgment of style is the final fruit of long experience; still, I believe that the way I shall indicate will enable us to distinguish between the true and false Sublime, so far as it can be done by rule.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Longinus. On the Sublime, Chapter VI. Translated by H. L. Havell. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/longinus-on-the-sublime-havell/5/.
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Longinus. On the Sublime, Chapter VI. Translated by H. L. Havell. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/longinus-on-the-sublime-havell/5/.