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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828397803321

Autore

Kemal Salim

Titolo

The philosophical poetics of Alfarabi, Avicenna and Averroes : the Aristotelian reception / / Salim Kemal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-136-12130-7

0-203-03719-7

1-283-88383-X

1-136-12122-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Collana

Culture and civilization in the Middle East

Disciplina

181.8

181/.6

Soggetti

Aesthetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Philosophical Poetics of Alfarabi, Avicenna and Averroës: The Aristotelian Reception; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER ONE Philosophical Poetics; CHAPTER TWO Alfarabi, Logic and Poetry; CHAPTER THREE Avicenna: lmagination, Language and Poetic Syllogism; CHAPTER FOUR Poetics, Morality and Society; CHAPTER FIVE Prelude to Truth: Ghazali, Interpretation and Metaphor; CHAPTER SlX Averroës,Truth and Metaphor; Notes; Select Bibliography; lndex

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the studies of Aristotle's Poetics and its related texts in which three Medieval philosophers - Alfarabi, Avicenna and Averroes - proposed a conception of poetic validity (beauty), and a just relation between subjects in a community (goodness). The work considers the relation of the Poetics to other Aristotelian texts, the transmission of these works to the commentators' context, and the motivations driving the commentators' reception of the texts. The book focuses on issues central to the classical relation of beauty to truth and goodness.