“The plot, then, is the first principle, and, as it were, the soul of a tragedy; Character holds the second place.” — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Accordingly, the poet should prefer probable impossibilities to improbable possibilities. The tragic plot must not be composed of irrational parts. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If you string together a set of speeches expressive of character, and well finished in point and diction and thought, you will… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“A beginning is that which does not itself follow anything by causal necessity, but after which something naturally is or comes to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“We maintain, therefore, that the first essential, the life and soul, so to speak, of Tragedy is the Plot; and that the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“The truth is that, just as in the other imitative arts one imitation is always of one thing, so in poetry the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“The tragic fear and pity may be aroused by the Spectacle; but they may also be aroused by the very structure and… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In constructing the plot and working it out with the proper diction, the poet should place the scene, as far as possible,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The knowledge of the soul admittedly contributes greatly to the advance of truth in general, and, above all, to our understanding of Nature, for… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind is at its best about the age of forty-nine. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The true forms of government, therefore, are those in which the one, or the few, or the many, govern with a view to the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish, you feed him for the rest of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
