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Peri Hypsous, On the Sublime

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Pseudo-Longinus is the author of the Greek treatise Peri hypsous (On the sublime), which was rediscovered in the fifteenth century and which played an important role in early modern literary theory.

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  1. Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Wieneke Jansen

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  1. Dept. of Philosophy a. Cultural Heritage, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia Dept. of Philosophy a. Cultural Heritage, Venezia, Italy

    Marco Sgarbi

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    Teodoro Katinis Ph.D.

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Jansen, W. (2019). Peri Hypsous, On the Sublime. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_1137-1

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