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Language between God and the Poets: Maʿnā in the Eleventh Century
By Alexander Key
270 pagesWhenever I say “mental content” in English, the Arabic word is maʿnā, and whenever I say “accurate,” “accuracy,” or “accurately” in English, the Arabic word is ḥaqīqah.
An exploration of medieval, Arabic philosophy of language and in particular their attempts to explain the “miracle” of poetry.