The study of metaphor dates back to the times of Aristotle and touches on various aspects of human reasoning and multiple disciplines. Since the first inquiries, the theory of metaphor has evolved significantly under the influence of linguistic and psychological findings [3, 63, 31, 29, 25, 15, 4, 17, 18], and the establishment of the fields of artificial intelligence [2, 45], cognitive science...

C Unexpectedness and inevitability, two of the aesthetic qualities G.H. Hardy identified as being properties of beautiful proofs [Har, §], together seem paradoxical: how can something be seen as both unexpected and inevitable? Two possibilities are that the inevitability only becomes apparent in hindsight, or that the strategy of the proof is unexpected but, once chosen, proceeds inevitably...

This article concerns the first six chapters of Aristotle’s Poetics within Greek text provided. The introductory note is intended to prepare reader for an integrated approach issues stated in title. We propose a new Polish translation this rendition as close original possible. For sake clarity, we highlight with various appropriate thematic headings. In contrast most translations and commentari...

In their article "Comparative Literature in Chinese" Xiaolu Wang and Yan Liu describe the development of comparative poetics in Chinese by sketching major publications and the general institutional situation of the discipline. Wang and Liu suggest that comparative work remains impulsive while at the same time dynamic. Like other fields in the humanities, the study of poetics — comparative or ot...

The paper contains a thorough examination of the criteria used by ancient Greeks for defining, describing and classifying phones language. References are made to works Plato Aristotle, as well text Techne grammatike attributed Dionysius Thrax. In dialogues Plato, especially in Cratylus, one can find first categorical characteristics different groups phones, formulated acoustic terms, individual...

plotinus' attempt to counter the aristotle critiques on plato's theory of ideas, leads to his theory of emanation, which is called double act doctrine. plotinus is influenced by aristotle, not only in raising the problem of emanation quality, but the language and terms (including reasonable matter, indefinite dyad and activity) that are used to describe his theory. also, the theory of...