The Banisher of Madness: An Interpretation of Language as the Vessel of All Truths Sacred and Profane in the Teachings of Ibn al-Sarraj of Baghdad

Dunja Rasic

The Banisher of Madness: An Interpretation of Language as the Vessel of All Truths Sacred and Profane in the Teachings of Ibn al-Sarraj of Baghdad
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Gorgias Press
Country
United States
Published
26 February 2021
Pages
265
ISBN
9781463241629

The Banisher of Madness: An Interpretation of Language as the Vessel of All Truths Sacred and Profane in the Teachings of Ibn al-Sarraj of Baghdad

Dunja Rasic

Born in the late 9th century Baghdad, the ‘Abbasid grammarian 'Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Sahl Ibn al-Sarraj came to be remembered as the Banisher of Madness and the virtuous scholar whose life has exemplified the culture of Arabs in its fullness. Lauded as the arch-enemy of Hellenistic sciences and, at the same time, as the main source of transmission of Aristotelian logic from the 10th century philosophers to the grammarians of Baghdad; Ibn al-Sarraj nonetheless remains a shadowy figure in the history of Arabic grammar studies up until today. This book addresses this issue by examining the problematic relationship between language, logic and grammar in Ibn al-Sarraj’s teachings.

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