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

by Salim Kemal

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415616454
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/29/2010
Series:	Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table 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;