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The Philosophical Poetics of Alfarabi, Avicenna and Averroes The Aristotelian Reception
By Salim Kemal
Copyright 2003
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
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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'... Read more
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;
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Salim Kemal
