The ‘Poetic Syllogism’ Revisited

The term ‘poetic syllogism’ appears in the late antique Greek commentary and scholia literature. Arabic philosophers, however, are the first to explain how this kind of syllogism is constructed; al-Fārābī introduces one type and Avicenna adds two more. Each syllogism that follows one of these three...

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Main Author: Schoeler, Gregor (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2013
In: Oriens
Year: 2013, Volume: 41, Issue: 1/02, Pages: 1-26
Further subjects:B Avicenna
B al-Fārābī
B sophistical and poetic syllogism
B three types of poetic syllogism
B Ibn Ṭumlūs
B ‘Philosophical’ poetics
B poetic premise
B poetic definition
B figurative language
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