Project Gutenberg 2006-03-10 Public domain in the USA. 2803 Longinus, active 1st century Longino, Dionisio Longinos Pseudo-Longinus Pseudo-Longinos Lang, Andrew 1844 1912 Lang, Walter Andrew Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord) 1913 Havell, Herbert Lord On the Sublime Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Sublime Produced by Louise Hope, Justin Kerk and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "On the Sublime" by Longinus is a classical treatise on literary criticism, likely written during the 1st century. This work explores the concept of the sublime in literature, particularly how it applies to poetry and oratory. Longinus delves into the qualities that elevate writing to greatness, emphasizing the importance of thought, passion, and stylistic techniques in achieving sublimity. The opening of the treatise outlines Longinus’s intention to examine the nature of the sublime and critiques another writer, Caecilius, for inadequately addressing the subject. He emphasizes two essential goals in technical writing: defining the sublime and providing methods for achieving it. Longinus argues that sublime language lifts readers beyond mere rational understanding, creating a powerful, emotional experience. He asserts that while some may claim sublimity can only be innate, it can also be cultivated through study and practice, setting the stage for his further analysis of the sources and characteristics of literary greatness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Rhetoric, Ancient Sublime, The PA Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Classics of Literature Category: Philosophy & Ethics 262118 2025-08-07T13:41:54.398513 text/html 258207 2006-03-10T09:49:56 text/html 167832 2025-08-07T13:42:00.974497 application/epub+zip 170562 2025-08-07T13:41:56.520517 application/epub+zip 170561 2025-08-07T13:41:55.195515 application/epub+zip 319122 2025-08-07T13:42:04.374468 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 273157 2025-08-07T13:42:00.141544 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 242815 2022-09-08T13:55:18.787115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 202363 2025-08-07T13:41:53.433537 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 206229 2006-03-10T09:49:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 202042 2006-03-10T09:55:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 202067 2006-03-10T09:55:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23135 2025-08-07T13:42:04.525450 application/rdf+xml 11405 2025-08-07T13:41:55.777494 image/jpeg 3120 2025-08-07T13:41:55.453493 image/jpeg 82177 2006-03-10T09:55:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 80575 2006-03-10T09:55:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 91831 2006-03-10T09:55:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 80400 2006-03-10T09:55:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 159964 2025-08-07T13:41:54.418521 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia