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Quotation from Poetics by Aristotle
“The Plot, then, is the first principle, and, as it were, the soul of a tragedy”
Poetics, Chapter VI, trans. S. H. Butcher
Aristotle ranks the six parts of tragedy and puts the arrangement of incidents first, character second.
Citation: "The Plot, then, is the first principle, and, as it were, the soul of a tragedy" — Aristotle, Poetics, Chapter VI, trans. S. H. Butcher. (id aristotle-poetics-q4)
Portrait: Aristotle Altemps Inv8575, After Lysippos, Public domain.
