The Treatise on the Sublime may be divided into six Parts, as follows:--

I.--cc. i, ii. The Work of Caecilius. Definition of the Sublime.
Whether Sublimity falls within the rules of Art.

II.--cc. iii-v. [The beginning lost.] Vices of Style opposed to the
Sublime: Affectation, Bombast, False Sentiment, Frigid Conceits.
The cause of such defects.

III.--cc. vi, vii. The true Sublime, what it is, and how
distinguishable.

IV.--cc. viii-xl. Five Sources of the Sublime (how Sublimity is related
to Passion, c. viii, §§ 2-4).

(i.) Grandeur of Thought, cc. ix-xv.

_a._ As the natural outcome of nobility of soul. Examples (c. ix).

_b._ Choice of the most striking circumstances. Sappho’s Ode (c. x).

_c._ Amplification. Plato compared with Demosthenes, Demosthenes
with Cicero (cc. xi-xiii).

_d._ Imitation (cc. xiii, xiv).

_e._ Imagery (c. xv).

(ii.) Power of moving the Passions (omitted here, because dealt with