This article discusses three thinkers - Jorge Luis Borges, Averroes, and Aristotle - and their contributions to poetic theory. It examines how Borges incorporated ideas from Averroes' medieval commentaries on Aristotle's Poetics into his own fiction and essays. The article also analyzes parallels between Borges' and Averroes' philosophical approaches to literature and their interpretations of Aristotle's concept of mimesis.
This article discusses three thinkers - Jorge Luis Borges, Averroes, and Aristotle - and their contributions to poetic theory. It examines how Borges incorporated ideas from Averroes' medieval commentaries on Aristotle's Poetics into his own fiction and essays. The article also analyzes parallels between Borges' and Averroes' philosophical approaches to literature and their interpretations of Aristotle's concept of mimesis.
This article discusses three thinkers - Jorge Luis Borges, Averroes, and Aristotle - and their contributions to poetic theory. It examines how Borges incorporated ideas from Averroes' medieval commentaries on Aristotle's Poetics into his own fiction and essays. The article also analyzes parallels between Borges' and Averroes' philosophical approaches to literature and their interpretations of Aristotle's concept of mimesis.
This article discusses three thinkers - Jorge Luis Borges, Averroes, and Aristotle - and their contributions to poetic theory. It examines how Borges incorporated ideas from Averroes' medieval commentaries on Aristotle's Poetics into his own fiction and essays. The article also analyzes parallels between Borges' and Averroes' philosophical approaches to literature and their interpretations of Aristotle's concept of mimesis.