Salim Kemal 
The Philosophical Poetics of Alfarabi, Avicenna and Averroes [PDF ebook] 
The Aristotelian Reception

This book examines the studies of Aristotle »s Poetics and its related texts in which three Medieval philosophers – Alfarabi, Avicenna and Averroes – proposed a conception of poetic validity (beauty), and a just relation between subjects in a community (goodness). The work considers the relation of the Poetics to other Aristotelian texts, the transmission of these works to the commentators » context, and the motivations driving the commentators » reception of the texts. The book focuses on issues central to the classical relation of beauty to truth and goodness.