LessonsThe Point of Resemblance: Actual and Imagined Likeness, Real and Relational AspectsQuiz

وذلك الاشتراك يكون تحقيقاً أو تخييلاً
That participation may be actual or imagined.

In actual (taḥqīqī) participation, the intended quality belongs to both terms in the relevant way; it need not be invented merely for the expression. Two flowers, for instance, may genuinely share a similar colour.

In imagined (takhyīlī) participation, imagination or an apt interpretation supplies a composite feature that is not literally present in both terms in that form. This is not meaningless invention; it makes an intellectual or abstract concern vivid through a sensible scene.

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Actual and imagined participation

The Point of Resemblance: Actual and Imagined Likeness, Real and Relational Aspects

وذلك الاشتراك يكون تحقيقاً أو تخييلاً
That participation may be actual or imagined.

In actual (taḥqīqī) participation, the intended quality belongs to both terms in the relevant way; it need not be invented merely for the expression. Two flowers, for instance, may genuinely share a similar colour.

In imagined (takhyīlī) participation, imagination or an apt interpretation supplies a composite feature that is not literally present in both terms in that form. This is not meaningless invention; it makes an intellectual or abstract concern vivid through a sensible scene.