LessonsClassification of Simile by Its Two Terms: Sensory, Intellectual, Imagined, and SupposedQuiz

In imagined comparisons, the mind does more than reproduce old sensations. It can combine, separate, and alter forms. Mutakhayyilah manipulates sensed representations; mufakkirah may arrange meanings and relations; and wahm helps account for supposed or nonsensory attributions.

To depict a ghoul’s teeth, the mind first has a sensible representation of teeth and then attaches it to a creature not observed in the external world. Sensible form and unsupported attribution operate together.

These terms explain how the figure is constructed mentally, rather than merely adding labels to a list.

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The faculties involved in imagined comparisons

Classification of Simile by Its Two Terms: Sensory, Intellectual, Imagined, and Supposed

In imagined comparisons, the mind does more than reproduce old sensations. It can combine, separate, and alter forms. Mutakhayyilah manipulates sensed representations; mufakkirah may arrange meanings and relations; and wahm helps account for supposed or nonsensory attributions.

To depict a ghoul’s teeth, the mind first has a sensible representation of teeth and then attaches it to a creature not observed in the external world. Sensible form and unsupported attribution operate together.

These terms explain how the figure is constructed mentally, rather than merely adding labels to a list.