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  • ARISTARCHUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARISTARCHUS

    its original Greek, signifies, good Prince; but in its ordinary Use among the Learned, is understood of a very severe Critic; there having been a Grammarian of that Name, who criticized on the Verses of the very best Poets. See CRITIC and CRITICISM....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified
  • THE PREFACEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/preface

    from Plato; yet clearly agrees with him in making Poetry a Species of it. Nay, the most reserved of all the ancient Critics, Longinus, declares, that "the Poet is possessed with a kind of Enthusiasm; that he believes he really sees what he speaks; and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Introduction
  • ACTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/ACTION

    chapters, Of Real Action, the recitals whereof are fables: and of Feigned Action, the recitals whereof are historical. The critics lay down four qualifications as necessary to the epic and the tragic action: The first, Unity; the second, Integrity; the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Physics
  • ANTIPODEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/ANTIPODES

    theirs) is to contradict Scripture, which teaches that the whole Race descended from one Man—Such is the Sentiment of that Critic. It may be added, that the Christian Fathers were not the only Persons who disputed the Truth of Antipodes. Lucretius had...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Geography
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