Longinus (or Pseudo-Longinus), De Sublimitate (On the Sublime), III., 2., as reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of Quotations (classical) (1897) p. 484.
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Utterances which appear inspired are often not sublime but merely childish.
— Longinus on Sublime (philosophy)
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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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