Longinus, in Classical and medieval literary criticism: translations and interpretations, p. 195.
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In ordinary life, nothing is truly great which it is great to despise; wealth, honor, reputation, absolute power — anything in short which has a lot of external trappings.
— Longinus on Despise
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About Longinus
Longinus (or Pseudo-Longinus) is the name conventionally given to the author of an influential work of literary criticism, On the Sublime, the author's real name being unknown. He wrote in Greek and probably lived in the 1st century AD.
About Longinus
Longinus (or Pseudo-Longinus) is the name conventionally given to the author of an influential work of literary criticism, On the Sublime, the author's real name being unknown. He wrote in Greek and probably lived in the 1st century AD.
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