“The theory of politics that emerges from the political literature of the pre-Revolutionary years rests on the belief that what lay behind every political scene, the ultimate explanation of every political controversy, was the disposition of power.” YearsPoliticalLiteratureBeliefBehindsTheorySceneUltimateLaysRevolutionaryExplanationDispositionControversy Book:The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Source: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
“He [Aristotle] pointed out that people who had become initiates in the various mystery religions were not required to learn any facts 'but to experience certain emotions and to be put in a certain disposition.' Hence his famous literary theory that tragedy effected a purification (katharsis) of the emotions of terror and pity that amounted to an experience of rebirth.” PeopleFactsCertainEmotionMysteryTheoryTragedyTerrorVariousPityDispositionRebirthInitiatePurificationLiterary Theory Author:Karen Armstrong