Open AccessEcstatic Experience in Pseudo-Longinus’s On the Sublime
Author(s) -
Ágnes Konkoly
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
különbség
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2560-158X
pISSN - 1785-7821
DOI - 10.14232/kulonbseg.2017.17.1.220
Subject(s) - sublime , realm , rhetorical question , metaphysics , frame (networking) , aesthetics , philosophy , literature , art , epistemology , computer science , history , telecommunications , archaeology
Although Pseudo-Longinus’s work is basically a study of the theory and practice of rhetorics in public discourse, its main concern with the sublime reaches beyond the limits of its initial frame of reference. An attempt to understand the sublime, the wonderful that lies beyond the realm of rational rhetorical structures constitutes the metaphysical framework of the text. The paper surveys one aspect of the sublime: its ability to make the receiver ecstatic. How can the sublime trigger the state of ecstasy?