Author
Al-Fanari - author
Publication Date
1243
Subject
Logic
Type
Other
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Pompeu Fabra University Library
Record ID
cdi_europeana_collections_9200126_F987C6AD70043C569A7F71FC377BF17A28E5C4E3
Library Location
Available Online
Date
1243
Sample Text
Original paper covers with miqlab, leather over edges and binding, paper and leather partially damaged, linen binding untied; Neskhi script, black ink, certain terms and marks in the text written with red ink; interlinear and marginal notes, ink: black and red; text within a red frame. Original covers of glued paper sheets with flap on back cover, leather reinforcement over edges and spine. The paper and leather on the cover are frayed. The cloth binding is unraveling and falling apart. Nesha. The manuscript is written in black ink, some expressions and marks in the text are written in red ink. Notes between the lines and in the margins are written in black and red ink. The text is framed by a thin red frame. The discussions of the relationship between logic, language and grammar by Al-Farawi, Ibn Sina and Al-Farabi's disciple Yahya ibn Adi (also a Syriac Christian and translator) should be understood against the background of the attack on Greek logic. Both Al-Farabi and Yahya present the same perspective on the relationship between logic and language, a moderate perspective that Ibn Sina later rejects. In the work Ihsaul-ulum (List of Sciences) he claims that both logic and grammar have the same legitimate interest in language, however, while grammatical rules primarily govern the use of language, logical rules primarily govern the use of intellectuals: "This skill [logic] is analogous to grammatical skill to the extent that the relationship of logical skill to the intellect is similar to the relationship of grammatical skill to language and expression. This means that for every rule that grammatical science gives us there is a corresponding [rule] for intellectuals that we provided by logical science." (List of sciences) It is against the background of attacks on Greek logic that the discussions of the relations between logic, language and grammar by al-Farabi, IbnSina and al-Farabi's pupil Yahyaibn 'Adi (also a Syriac Christian and translator), are to be understood. Al-Farabi and Yahya both present essentially the same perspective on the relations between logic and language, a moderate perspective which Ibn Sina later rejects. In the Ihsa' al-'ulum, al-Farabi argues that logic and grammar both have some legitimate interest in language, but whereas grammatical rules primarily govern the use of language, logical rules primarily govern the use of intelligibles: "And this art [of logic] is analogous to the art of grammar, in that the relation of the art of logic to the intellect and the intelligibles is like the relation of the art of grammar language and expressions. That is, to every rule for expressions which the science of grammar provides us, there is a corresponding [rule] for intelligibles which the science of logic provides us." (Ihsa' al-'ulum)
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