Poetics

al-shiʿr

الشِّعْر

Poetics (shiʿr) is a syllogism composed of imaginative premises (mukhayyalāt) that move the soul to desire or aversion.

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Explanation

The premises are not meant to be believed, but to stir the soul: to make something attractive or repellent.

The classical example likens wine to liquid ruby to make it attractive, or honey to bitter bile to make it repellent.

Also written as: shir, shi'r, poetic argument.

1 question on this term, in the practice set for the five arts.

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