But if, according to Longinus, the sublime, being the highest excellence that human composition can attain to, abundantly compensates the absence of every other beauty, and atones for all other deficiencies, then Michael Angelo demands the preference.
Pero si, segundo Longinos, o sublime, considerado como a maior obra que o home pode conseguir, compensa abundantemente a ausencia de calquera outra beleza e neutraliza calquera outra deficiencia, entón Michelangelo pediría a preeminencia.