Why every Dungeon Master needs to read Aristotle's Poetics

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That sculpture of Aristotle looks suspiciously like Robin Williams.

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And every football coach. Guy knew what’s what.

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Aristotle’s observation that spectacle is the last refuge of theatre is the best thing in his Poetics. For all 'round writing advice I hew more to Horace’s Ars Poetica - just as observant but more practical.

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Shame he was such a bugger for the bottle.

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A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he’s pissed.

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Could just look here too:

http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/poetics.mb.txt

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I was gonna hunt down a Gutenberg link instead of the bloody amazon link, but this is just as good! Thanks!

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but do they have it in the original klingon?

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