Member of Iranian Institute of Philosophy made a survey of thematic transformation of Aristotle's notion of poetics by Islamic scholars in a book.
Dr
Mohammad Yousef Sani, author, said: "Some Islamic scholars have altered
the content of Aristotle's Poetics when first translating it from Greek to
Persian and this has caused a lasting thematic transformation.
He
continued: "While Aristotle's poetics makes an important part of our
ancient logic, there are few researches made in this regard from Avicenna's
time onward."
Yousef
Sani stated that these transformations attracted him as the alteration of
Aristotelian logic by Islamic scholars does actually reveal a big deal about
their own conception of the subject.
He
finds the book useful for those seeking the relationship between poetry and
logic and philosophy.
According
to him, contemporary Muslim logicians only care for formal logic and show less
interest in material logic, and at their best they may seek it in Argument for
Ignorance.
"Aristotle's Poetics According to
Islamic Scholars" will be published by Minoye Kherad.
Source:
IBNA News Agency