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

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Title

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

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

Names

  • Key, Alexander (Alexander Matthew), author

Created / Published

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

Contents

  • Note on translation practice, transliterations, and footnotes -- Contexts -- Precedents -- Translation -- The lexicon -- Theology -- Logic -- Poetics -- Conclusion.

Headings

  • -  Arabic language--Religious aspects--Islam
  • -  Islamic philosophy--11th century
  • -  Islamic poetry--11th century

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • B741

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018013953

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  • Unrestricted online access.

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Key, Alexander , Author. Language between God and the poets: ma'ná in the eleventh century. [Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2018] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018013953/.

APA citation style:

Key, A. (2018) Language between God and the poets: ma'ná in the eleventh century. [Oakland, California: University of California Press] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018013953/.

MLA citation style:

Key, Alexander , Author. Language between God and the poets: ma'ná in the eleventh century. [Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2018] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018013953/>.