The great design of art is to restore the decays that happened to human nature by the fall, by restoring order.

John Dennis

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Purpose of art Art

Author

John Dennis

Source

The Grounds of Criticism in Poetry

Medium

Treatise

Language

English

Time

1704 1700s 18th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Dennis, John. The Grounds of Criticism in Poetry. London: Geo. Strahan and Bernard Lintott, 1704, ch. 2.

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Language
English
Time
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Newton, Isaac. Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. London: Samuel Smith and Benjamin Walford, 1704, bk. 3, pt. 1, question 31.

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I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.

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Language
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Time
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Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 30.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk, 3, no. 30.