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The Changes of Metaphor in Arabic Literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2002

Miklós Maróth
Miklós Maróth
Affiliation:
Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem, Bölcsészettudományi Kar, Dékáni Hivatal, 2087 Piliscsaba, Egyetem u. 1, Hungary
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Abstract

Metaphor was based on similarity. During their history the Arabs adopted different logical systems in their scientific investigations. They shifted from Aristotle's logic accepted by the philosophers to that of the theologians and jurisconsults, and later again back to Aristotle's logic. In all these logical systems the definition of metaphor was dependent on the ever changing meaning of “similarity”. The seemingly unchanging definition of metaphor implies different interpretations in different ages parallel to the changing logical background.

Type
Research Article
Information
Arabic Sciences and Philosophy , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , September 2002 , pp. 241 - 255
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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