Language between God and the poets : ma'ná in the eleventh century /

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"In the Arabic eleventh century, scholars were intensely preoccupied with the way that language generated truth and beauty. Their work in poetics, logic, theology, and lexicography defined the intellectual space between God and the poets. In Language Between God and the Poets, Alexander Key arg...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Key, Alexander (Alexander Matthew) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Series:Berkeley series in postclassical Islamic scholarship ; 2.
Subjects:
1000-1099
Islamic philosophy > 11th century.
Islamic poetry > 11th century.
Arabic language > Religious aspects > Islam.
Philosophie islamique > 11e siècle.
Poésie islamique > 11e siècle.
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval.
Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500.
Philosophy.
Islam.
HISTORY > Middle East > Arabian Peninsula.
Arabic language > Religious aspects > Islam
Islamic philosophy
Islamic poetry
abd al qahir al jurjani.
answers.
ar raghib al isfahani.
arabic.
avicenna.
beauty.
conceptual vocabulary.
describing god.
eleventh century.
god.
haquqah.
ibn furak.
ibn sina.
intellectual space.
language and reference.
language.
lexicography.
logic.
logical arguments.
ma na.
mind.
muslim.
perennial questions.
poetic affect.
poetics.
poets.
reality.
religion.
scholars.
theology.
theories of language.
truth.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"In the Arabic eleventh century, scholars were intensely preoccupied with the way that language generated truth and beauty. Their work in poetics, logic, theology, and lexicography defined the intellectual space between God and the poets. In Language Between God and the Poets, Alexander Key argues that ar-Raghib al-Isfahani, Ibn Furak, Ibn Sina (Avicenna), and Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani shared a conceptual vocabulary based around the words ma'na and haqiqah. They used this vocabulary to build theories of language, mind, and reality that answered perennial questions: how to structure language and reference, how to describe God, how to construct logical arguments, and how to explain poetic affect."--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0520970144
0520298012
9780520298019
9780520970144
Access:Open Access

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