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    It is hardly to be conceived, that an Englishman, much less a gentleman, should plead for it. And truly I should have taken Sir Robert Filmer’s Patriarcha, as any other treatise, which would persuade all men, that they are slaves, and ought to be so, for such another exercise of wit, as was his who writ the encomium of Nero; rather than for a serious discourse meant in earnest, had not the gravity of the title and epistle, the picture in the front of the book, and the applause that followed it, required me to believe, that the author and publisher were both in earnest. I therefore took it into my hands with all the expectation, and read it through with all the attention due to a treatise that made such a noise at its coming abroad, and cannot but confess my self mightily surprised, that in a book, which was to provide chains for all mankind, I should find nothing but a rope of sand, useful perhaps to such, whose skill and business it is to raise a dust, and would blind th...

Meditations on First Philosophy By René

  Aristotle probably would have liked Titanic. He might have even compared it to Sophocles' Theban Plays, celebrating Jack and Rose as one might appreciate Antigone and Oedipus. We can't be sure, of course, but in all likelihood Plato's student would have praised the late 90's sob story as an exemplary specimen of tragedy. Maybe that's the reason Aristotle's treatise on Poetics runs into a few icebergs of its own.   His first Titanic-sized mistake was equating poetry to science. Aristotle tried to dissect plays and the art of tragedy as if they were a pickled frog in high school biology class. He applied his consistently rational mind to a sphere of ideas which are usually assigned to the emotional and, at times, even irrational.   Jack and Rose in Titanic   In Poetics, Aristotle outlines what he sees as the essential  ARISTOTLE, "THE POETICS", P.2  components of tragedy, along with a few interesting literary devices that can be thrown in to spice thin...

Aristotle’s Poetics – The Science of Tragedy

  Aristotle probably would have liked Titanic. He might have even compared it to Sophocles' Theban Plays, celebrating Jack and Rose as one might appreciate Antigone and Oedipus. We can't be sure, of course, but in all likelihood Plato's student would have praised the late 90's sob story as an exemplary specimen of tragedy. Maybe that's the reason Aristotle's treatise on Poetics runs into a few icebergs of its own. His first Titanic-sized mistake was equating poetry to science. Aristotle tried to dissect plays and the art of tragedy as if they were a pickled frog in high school biology class. He applied his consistently rational mind to a sphere of ideas which are usually assigned to the emotional and, at times, even irrational. Jack and Rose in Titanic In Poetics, Aristotle outlines what he sees as the essential  ARISTOTLE, "THE POETICS", P.2  components of tragedy, along with a few interesting literary devices that can be thrown in to spice things up....

John Bunyan, "The Pilgrim’s Progress", a.2

Aristotle probably would have liked Titanic. He might have even compared it to Sophocles' Theban Plays, celebrating Jack and Rose as one might appreciate Antigone and Oedipus. We can't be sure, of course, but in all likelihood Plato's student would have praised the late 90's sob story as an exemplary specimen of tragedy. Maybe that's the reason Aristotle's treatise on Poetics runs into a few icebergs of its own. His first Titanic-sized mistake was equating poetry to science. Aristotle tried to dissect plays and the art of tragedy as if they were a pickled frog in high school biology class. He applied his consistently rational mind to a sphere of ideas which are usually assigned to the emotional and, at times, even irrational. Jack and Rose in Titanic In Poetics, Aristotle outlines what he sees as the essential  ARISTOTLE, "THE POETICS", P.2  components of tragedy, along with a few interesting literary devices that can be thrown in to spice things up. T...

Meditations on First Philosophy By René

  Aristotle probably would have liked Titanic. He might have even compared it to Sophocles' Theban Plays, celebrating Jack and Rose as one might appreciate Antigone and Oedipus. We can't be sure, of course, but in all likelihood Plato's student would have praised the late 90's sob story as an exemplary specimen of tragedy. Maybe that's the reason Aristotle's treatise on Poetics runs into a few icebergs of its own.   His first Titanic-sized mistake was equating poetry to science. Aristotle tried to dissect plays and the art of tragedy as if they were a pickled frog in high school biology class. He applied his consistently rational mind to a sphere of ideas which are usually assigned to the emotional and, at times, even irrational.   Jack and Rose in Titanic   In Poetics, Aristotle outlines what he sees as the essential  ARISTOTLE, "THE POETICS", P.2  components of tragedy, along with a few interesting literary devices that can be thrown in to spice thin...

Meditations on First Philosophy By René

  Aristotle probably would have liked Titanic. He might have even compared it to Sophocles' Theban Plays, celebrating Jack and Rose as one might appreciate Antigone and Oedipus. We can't be sure, of course, but in all likelihood Plato's student would have praised the late 90's sob story as an exemplary specimen of tragedy. Maybe that's the reason Aristotle's treatise on Poetics runs into a few icebergs of its own.   His first Titanic-sized mistake was equating poetry to science. Aristotle tried to dissect plays and the art of tragedy as if they were a pickled frog in high school biology class. He applied his consistently rational mind to a sphere of ideas which are usually assigned to the emotional and, at times, even irrational.   Jack and Rose in Titanic   In Poetics, Aristotle outlines what he sees as the essential  ARISTOTLE, "THE POETICS", P.2  components of tragedy, along with a few interesting literary devices that can be thrown in to spice thin...

2 Treatises of Civil Governments

    His first Titanic-sized mistake was equating poetry to science. Aristotle tried to dissect plays and the art of tragedy as if they were a pickled frog in high school biology class. He applied his consistently rational mind to a sphere of ideas which are usually assigned to the emotional and, at times, even irrational. Jack and Rose in Titanic In Poetics, Aristotle outlines what he sees as the essential  ARISTOTLE, “THE POETICS”, P.2  components of tragedy, along with a few interesting literary devices that can be thrown in to spice things up. These legislations on literature went on to have a significant influence throughout the ages and, in fact, remained prevalent and often unquestioned until the 19th century. Of course, some of his ‘rules’ do work… but when fully applied, you end up with a James Cameron cry fest.

2 Treatises of Civil Governments

    His first Titanic-sized mistake was equating poetry to science. Aristotle tried to dissect plays and the art of tragedy as if they were a pickled frog in high school biology class. He applied his consistently rational mind to a sphere of ideas which are usually assigned to the emotional and, at times, even irrational. Jack and Rose in Titanic In Poetics, Aristotle outlines what he sees as the essential  ARISTOTLE, “THE POETICS”, P.2  components of tragedy, along with a few interesting literary devices that can be thrown in to spice things up. These legislations on literature went on to have a significant influence throughout the ages and, in fact, remained prevalent and often unquestioned until the 19th century. Of course, some of his ‘rules’ do work… but when fully applied, you end up with a James Cameron cry fest.

Treatises of Civil Governments

    His first Titanic-sized mistake was equating poetry to science. Aristotle tried to dissect plays and the art of tragedy as if they were a pickled frog in high school biology class. He applied his consistently rational mind to a sphere of ideas which are usually assigned to the emotional and, at times, even irrational. Jack and Rose in Titanic In Poetics, Aristotle outlines what he sees as the essential  ARISTOTLE, “THE POETICS”, P.2  components of tragedy, along with a few interesting literary devices that can be thrown in to spice things up. These legislations on literature went on to have a significant influence throughout the ages and, in fact, remained prevalent and often unquestioned until the 19th century. Of course, some of his ‘rules’ do work… but when fully applied, you end up with a James Cameron cry fest.

2 Treatises of Civil Governments

  In Poetics, Aristotle outlines what he sees as the essential  ARISTOTLE, “THE POETICS”, P.2  components of tragedy, along with a few interesting literary devices that can be thrown in to spice things up. These legislations on literature went on to have a significant influence throughout the ages and, in fact, remained prevalent and often unquestioned until the 19th century. Of course, some of his ‘rules’ do work… but when fully applied, you end up with a James Cameron cry fest.

Captains Courageous

  In Poetics, Aristotle outlines what he sees as the essential  ARISTOTLE, “THE POETICS”, P.2  components of tragedy, along with a few interesting literary devices that can be thrown in to spice things up. These legislations on literature went on to have a significant influence throughout the ages and, in fact, remained prevalent and often unquestioned until the 19th century.

The Science of Tragedy

    His first Titanic-sized mistake was equating poetry to science. Aristotle tried to dissect plays and the art of tragedy as if they were a pickled frog in high school biology class. He applied his consistently rational mind to a sphere of ideas which are usually assigned to the emotional and, at times, even irrational. Jack and Rose in Titanic In Poetics, Aristotle outlines what he sees as the essential  ARISTOTLE, “THE POETICS”, P.2  components of tragedy, along with a few interesting literary devices that can be thrown in to spice things up. These legislations on literature went on to have a significant influence throughout the ages and, in fact, remained prevalent and often unquestioned until the 19th century. Of course, some of his ‘rules’ do work… but when fully applied, you end up with a James Cameron cry fest.

Essence of Christianity

    His first Titanic-sized mistake was equating poetry to science. Aristotle tried to dissect plays and the art of tragedy as if they were a pickled frog in high school biology class. He applied his consistently rational mind to a sphere of ideas which are usually assigned to the emotional and, at times, even irrational. Jack and Rose in Titanic In Poetics, Aristotle outlines what he sees as the essential  ARISTOTLE, “THE POETICS”, P.2  components of tragedy, along with a few interesting literary devices that can be thrown in to spice things up. These legislations on literature went on to have a significant influence throughout the ages and, in fact, remained prevalent and often unquestioned until the 19th century.

Treatises of Civil Governments

  In Poetics, Aristotle outlines what he sees as the essential  ARISTOTLE, “THE POETICS”, P.2  components of tragedy, along with a few interesting literary devices that can be thrown in to spice things up. These legislations on literature went on to have a significant influence throughout the ages and, in fact, remained prevalent and often unquestioned until the 19th century. Of course, some of his ‘rules’ do work… but when fully applied, you end up with a James Cameron cry fest. Before anything else, Aristotle defines ‘tragedy’. It is something, says he, that evokes pity, fear and emotion in us. It is a katharsis, a cleansing of feeling. Interestingly, we can only feel so much for these characters because of another attribute of tragedy; mimesis, or the idea that the actions that occur are possible and relatable. It doesn’t have to be realistic, per se, but it has to be something we can imagine… This is important precisely because the events are not actually happening, b...