"Comedy is (as we have said) an imitation of inferior people - not, however, with respect to every kind of defect: the laughable is a species of what is disgraceful" 9
"good poets do so on account of the actors - in writing pieces for competitive display they draw out the plot beyond its potential" 17
"Of simple [defective] plots and actions, the episodic ones are the worst" 17
"a well formed plot will be simple" 21
"The best recognition of all is that which arises out of the actual course of events, where the emotional impact is achieved through events that are probable" 27
"Many poets are good at complication but hand the resolution badly" 30
"epic - by which I mean one that contains a multiplicity of stories" 30
"The most important quality in diction is clarity...The clearest diction is that based on current words" 36
"In tragedy it is not possible to imitate many parts of the action being carried on simultaneously, but only the one on stage involving the actors. But in epic, because it is narrative, it is possible to treat many parts being carried on simultaneously" 39-40
"the irrational (which is the most important source of astonishment) is more feasible in epic" 41
"excessively brilliant diction overshadows character and reasoning" 42
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