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Retorik Üzerine Küçük Şerh İbn Rüşd
Short Commentary on Aristotle’s Rhetoric

Author(s): Charles E. Butterworth
Contributor(s): Ali Tekin (Translator)
Subject(s): Logic, Ancient Philosphy, Philosophy of Middle Ages, Rhetoric
Published by: Karadeniz Teknik Üniversites - İlahiyat Fakültesi
Keywords: Aristotle; Ibn Rushd; Kitāb al-Khatābah; short commentary; rhetorical method;

Summary/Abstract: Ibn Rushd is one of the most important peripatetic philosophers in Islamic World. He wrote important books in different branches of philosophy. We must also mention his works about logic which was thought as a methodology of philosophy and thinking. Ibn Rushd has works about eight sections of Aristotle’s Organon, and he used in this works different writing styles like long, middle and short commentaries. The work named Jawāmi‘u Kitāb al-Khatābah which we translate here to Turkish is his short commentary on Aristotle’s Rhetoric. This work is a good example of short commentary that is one of the classical writing styles.

  • Issue Year: 2/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 179-193
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Turkish