Harvard Lectures On the Originality of Greece
Harvard Lectures On the Originality of Greece
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Plato would not have agreed with Aristotle's view. The supreme test of artistic excellence is, he holds, the pleasure afforded to ' the one man who is pre-eminent in virtue and education. ' 1 He contrasts his own age with earlier times. The judges, he says, have now fallen under the dominion of the audience ;— and he coins the word dearpoKparia to denote this idea. Instead of instructors they have become the pupils of the crowd. They have yielded to the clamour of the theatre : and the poets in... turn, infected by their corruption, are obliged to humour a de- generate public. 2 It is indeed probable that popular taste underwent some weakening in the fourth century. Rut the contrast as drawn iii. 15. 1286 a 30 5ib kclI Kplvei dfxeivov 3xXos 7roXXa rj eh ooTKjovv.
1 Laws ii. 659 A eua rbv apery re Kal irai. 5eia dicupe" povra.
2 lb. Ii. 659 A — C, iii. 700 C — 701 A.
v GREEK LITERARY CRITICISM 179 by Plato is surely overstated. The drama has been truly called the most democratic of the arts ; 1 and in every age when it has been a living force, the influence of the audience has been powerfully felt.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Plato would not have agreed with Aristotle's view. The supreme test of artistic excellence is, he holds, the pleasure afforded to ' the one man who is pre-eminent in virtue and education. ' 1 He contrasts his own age with earlier times. The judges, he says, have now fallen under the dominion of the audience ;— and he coins the word dearpoKparia to denote this idea. Instead of instructors they have become the pupils of the crowd. They have yielded to the clamour of the theatre : and the poets in... turn, infected by their corruption, are obliged to humour a de- generate public. 2 It is indeed probable that popular taste underwent some weakening in the fourth century. Rut the contrast as drawn iii. 15. 1286 a 30 5ib kclI Kplvei dfxeivov 3xXos 7roXXa rj eh ooTKjovv.
1 Laws ii. 659 A eua rbv apery re Kal irai. 5eia dicupe" povra.
2 lb. Ii. 659 A — C, iii. 700 C — 701 A.
v GREEK LITERARY CRITICISM 179 by Plato is surely overstated. The drama has been truly called the most democratic of the arts ; 1 and in every age when it has been a living force, the influence of the audience has been powerfully felt.
What to read after Harvard Lectures On the Originality of Greece?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by S H Samuel Henry Butcher to read onlineMoreLess
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