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

Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource Series Berkeley series in postclassical islamic scholarship ; 2 Berkeley series in postclassical Islamic scholarship ; 2. Contents Note on translation practice, transliterations, and footnotes -- Contexts -- Precedents -- Translation -- The lexicon -- Theology -- Logic -- Poetics -- Conclusion 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 Analysis 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Key, Alexander 2018 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY license. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses English Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Islamic philosophy -- 11th century Islamic poetry -- 11th century Arabic language -- Religious aspects -- Islam. 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 Form Electronic book ISBN 0520970144 0520298012 9780520298019 9780520970144

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