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Quotation from Poetics by Aristotle

“as the result not of vice, but of some great error or frailty”

Aristotle

Poetics, Chapter XIII, trans. S. H. Butcher

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Describing the ideal tragic hero's change of fortune, Aristotle introduces hamartia, here rendered as error or frailty.

Citation: "as the result not of vice, but of some great error or frailty" — Aristotle, Poetics, Chapter XIII, trans. S. H. Butcher. (id aristotle-poetics-q7)

Portrait: Aristotle Altemps Inv8575, After Lysippos, Public domain.

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