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<onlyinclude>The failed ''mimêsis'' in ''poiêtikê'' is the mistake either of ''poiêtikê'' itself (due to ''adunamia'' of the ''poietos'') or of ''technê'' (when attempting the impossible).

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|Editions: [[Aristotle/Poetics/Kassel#6.1460b6-32|Kassel 1965]], [[Aristotle/Poetics/Tarán#6.1460b6-32|Tarán 2012]]. Translations: [[Aristotle/Poetics/Butcher#6.1460b6-32|Butcher 1895 EN]], [[Aristotle/Poetics/Whalley#6.1460b6-32|Whalley [c1970] 1997 EN]], [[Aristotle/Poetics/Benardete-Davis#6.1460b6-32|Benardete & Davis 2002 EN]]. 
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