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    It is not the case that If the unities required theoretical justification even in their native context, they cannot be characterized as naturally arising from Greek conditions without qualification.

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    • 1.Many natural practices require articulated theory once questioned, yet remain fundamentally natural.
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    • 2.Theoretical justification often clarifies what practitioners already intuitively grasped, not what they invented.
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    • 3.Greek dramatic conditions (festival format, audience expectations) could naturally produce unity without explicit rules.
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    • 1.Natural phenomena don't require theoretical justification; their occurrence is self-evident.
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    • 2.The need for post-hoc theorizing indicates the unities were culturally constructed, not organically emergent.
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    • 3.Greek playwrights initially practiced without formal unity rules, suggesting rules were later impositions.
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