| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Series |
Berkeley series in postclassical islamic scholarship ; 2
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| Contents |
Note on translation practice, transliterations, and footnotes -- Contexts -- Precedents -- Translation -- The lexicon -- Theology -- Logic -- Poetics -- Conclusion. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Note |
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. |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Subject |
Islamic philosophy -- 11th century.
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Islamic poetry -- 11th century.
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Arabic language -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Arabic language -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
(OCoLC)fst00812414
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Islamic philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01730358
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Islamic poetry. (OCoLC)fst00979997
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HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula.
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| Chronological Term |
1000-1099
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Key, Alexander (Alexander Matthew). Language between God and the poets. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520298019 (DLC) 2018009383 |
| ISBN |
9780520970144 () |
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0520970144 |
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9780520298019 (paperback;) (alk. paper) |
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