Book Title: Longinus, On the Sublime: Translated into English
Translated by James A. Arieti
Book Description: There are a number of translations of Longinus: this is the only translation that may claim to be an instrument of explication. Earlier English translations are readable, literate, and sometimes felicitous, but they are too often nothing more than paraphrase, looser and freer than what passed for translation in the 18th century. This version provides the English reader with a diction as consistent as possible, a close approximation of Longinus' syntax, and—by means of these—an appreciation of Longinus' tone of learned elegance and academic playfulness.
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Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy
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Longinus, On the Sublime: Translated into English Copyright © by is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.