The Philosophical Poetics of Alfarabi, Avicenna and Averroes : The Aristotelian Reception - Culture and Civilisatioin in the Middle East

Kemal, Salim

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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' 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.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780700713486
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	24 Apr 2003
DEWEY:	181.8
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	362
Weight:	680g
Height:	234mm
Width:	156mm
Spine width:	25mm