The Philosophical Poetics of Alfarabi, Avicenna and Averroes - The Aristotelian Reception

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.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Philosophical Poetics; Chapter 2 Alfarabi, Logic and Poetry; Chapter 3 Avicenna; Chapter 4 Poetics, Morality and Society; Chapter 5 Prelude to Truth; Chapter 6 Averroës, Truth and Metaphor;

About the author

Salim Kemal

Summary

This book examines the studies of Aristotle's Poetics and related texts in which three Medieval philosophers proposed a conception of poetic validity (beauty), and a just relation between subjects in a community (goodness).

Product details

• Authors: Salim Kemal, Kemal Salim
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2003
• EAN: 9780700713486
• ISBN: 978-0-7007-1348-6
• No. of pages: 368
• Weight: 850 g
• Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Middle East, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Islamic & Arabic philosophy, Islamic and Arab philosophy