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Treatise on the Sublime may be divided into six Parts, as follows:—

I.—cc. i, ii. The Work of Caecilius. Definition of the Sublime. Whether Sublimity falls within the rules of Art.

II.—cc. iii-v. [The beginning lost.] Vices of Style opposed to the Sublime: Affectation, Bombast, False Sentiment, Frigid Conceits. The cause of such defects.

III.—cc. vi, vii. The true Sublime, what it is, and how distinguishable.

IV.—cc. viii-xl. Five Sources of the Sublime (how Sublimity is related to Passion, c. viii, §§ 2-4).

(i.) Grandeur of Thought, cc. ix-xv.

Examples (c. ix).
 * a. As the natural outcome of nobility of soul.

Sappho’s Ode (c. x).
 * b. Choice of the most striking circumstances.


 * c. Amplification. Plato compared with Demosthenes, Demosthenes with Cicero (cc. xi-xiii).


 * d. Imitation (cc. xiii, xiv).


 * e. Imagery (c. xv).