ON THE SUBLIME by Longinus

An early work of literary criticism and meditation on what makes great literature.

[@pratibhatiwari6992]

love to listen more on literary criticism, thank you for this elaborative explaination. 🙏

[@LeafbyLeaf]

My pleasure! Happy reading!

[@TheClassicalSauce]

Wonderful. I love your channel. I rarely have time to read, or rather, I don't make time to read. I should and will. You've inspired me to do so. I feel like a child when I write this, because your videos have dumbfounded me to the point of childishness. All I have left is curiosity and wonder at all of the words still left unread. Suddenly, there is not enough time.

[@LeafbyLeaf]

So many books, so little time. It's the unfortunate truism that plagues us all! This is why we constantly have to refine our goals and values and get more and more selective about what we read. When it comes to making time, just start with a small amount but make it consistent: e.g. 30 minutes a day, every day, no excuses. And let the habit grow out of that. Happy reading!

[@TheClassicalSauce]

@@LeafbyLeaf I took my son to the park today and brought Plato's Republic with me, which I hadn't read since college (and I probably read it poorly at the time). This was due to me watching your "Why read philosophy?" video, so thank you! I had a great time with Socrates, Thrasymachus, and the rest of the gang! I'm going to get back into the habit of my youth of taking a book with me everywhere again instead of an ipad. Thanks for the inspiration! Gravity's Rainbow soon!

[@randomgirl01300]

I don't know if anyone felt this too, but I read it aloud and gave it a sassy voice. It was hilarious how he just disses all of these authors, especially if you have read some of them because you're like "yeah! I never noticed that". It was really funny. I really enjoyed it! Great video btw.

[@LeafbyLeaf]

That is funny! I, too, found his ultra punctilious pedantry amusing. Never thought to read aloud and give him a sassy voice. Thanks for the pro tip!

[@marinamaccagni5253]

In your high school which books are considered "must"? In my high school dante's trilogy, Manzoni's the betrothed and verga's the house by the medlar tree". With regard to poetry leopardi, pascoli, Ungaretti and montale. Thanks and see you in the next video!

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Ahhh, Manzoni! I need to do a video on The Betrothed! Well in high school (at least when I was there) it was Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Harper Lee, F. Scott Fitzgerald, et al. Poetry was Dickinson and Frost and some English Romantic poets.

[@marinamaccagni5253]

I read this treatise in greek during highschool (i studied greek and latin in "classic liceo"). Awesome video as ever!

[@LeafbyLeaf]

I envy the standards of your high school curricula.

[@TheCollidescopePodcast]

Great stuff!

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Thanks, George!

[@intellectualreads5696]

Ordering this

[@LeafbyLeaf]

If you are in any way an aesthete, you are, at your core, Longinian. Enjoy!

[@intellectualreads5696]

I’m always fascinated by text like this because well as reader who attains ultimate highs from passages and well written complicated works, texts like this give greater insight into what motivates and gives great writers the insight and motivation to achieve such highs. Internally great reader want to be great writers, that is my belief.

[@LeafbyLeaf]

@@intellectualreads5696 I'm currently re-reading Harold Bloom's first work, The Anxiety of Influence, and he makes a great point that within us all there is (1) a critic, (2) a reader, and (3) a poet. I'll be making a video of this book, too, because it is so often misunderstood (Bloom, in general, is), but it has superb insight for serious readers.

[@MuskanDeo]

Thank you😊

[@LeafbyLeaf]

You’re welcome!

[@anjuaprabhu4998]

Thank you so much♥️

[@LeafbyLeaf]

My pleasure!

[@nikhatparbeen8661]

Who is the translator of your copy?

[@LeafbyLeaf]

G. M. A. Grube

[@darkstar2476]

*random 3rd/1st century guy* : puts out his opinion in public, becomes famous for centuries. *me* : put out my opinion in public, gets cyberbullied.

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Welcome to the age where everyone can post an opinion to the world and everyone can remain anonymous.

[@ohyeahididthatbaby]

Isn't Longinus believed to be a female?

[@LeafbyLeaf]

The debate over the identity of Longinus (if a first name, it would be a strange suffix for a female, but it could be a surname) is indeed still active, with that definitely being one of the theories.

[@ryankkk2902]

The g in longinus is pronounced as a j, just saying...

[@LeafbyLeaf]

The way an American would pronounce that letter or, say, a Scandinavian? :-P

[@ryankkk2902]

@@LeafbyLeaf Like the g in giant or engine , according to the online dictionaries mirriam webster and oxford, check collins but i'm willing to bet it's a j sound..

[@LeafbyLeaf]

Ryan Kerswell I honestly appreciate this feedback! Thanks!

[@nasrajab8277]

@@ryankkk2902 yea the name is pronounced as lonjainus