Mordred And Hildebrand A Book Of Tragedies

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Two plays, both of the tragedies in the classical sense. Both plays date from the Middle Ages. Outstanding plays.

Excerpt from Mordred: A Tragedy The fate of is tragic in the essential sense, and not merely in that superficial sense of the word according to which every misfortune is called 'tragic.' In truth innocent sufl'ering of that sort is merely pathetic, not tragic, inasmuch as it is not within the sphere of reason. Now sufi'ering - misfortune - comes within the sphere of reason only if it is brought about by the free will of the subject, who must be entirely moral and justifiable; as must be also the power against which that subject proceeds. This power must be no merely natural one, nor the mere will of a tyrant: because it is only in such case that the man is himself, so to speak, guilty of his misfortune. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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