Aristotle Quotes About Representation

• The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

  Aristotle

  Art, Philosophy, Philosophical

• A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end.

  Aristotle

  Tragedy, Action, Ends

  Aristotle, Demetrius (of Phaleron) (1953). “Aristotle: the Poetics: "Longinus": On the Sublime. Demetrius On Style”

• Speech is the representation of the mind, and writing is the representation of speech.

  Aristotle

  Writing, Mind, Speech

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