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

by Salim Kemal

Book 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041561645X
• ISBN13: 9780415616454
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"