| Averroes on Plato's Republic Contributor(s): Averroes (Author), Lerner, Ralph (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0801408210 ISBN-13: 9780801408212 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $58.36 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1974 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical - Political Science - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Medieval |
| Dewey: 321.07 |
| LCCN: 73018521 |
| Series: Agora Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.90 lbs) 206 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "In one fashion or another, the question with which this introduction begins is a question for every serious reader of Plato's Republic Of what use is this philosophy to me? Averroes clearly finds that the Republic speaks to his own time and to his own situation. . . . Perhaps the greatest use he makes of the Republic is to understand better the shari'a itself. . . . It is fair to say that in deciding to paraphrase the Republic, Averro |
Contributor Bio(s): Averroes: - Ralph Lerner is the Benjamin Franklin Professor Emeritus in the College, and Professor Emeritus in the Committee on Social Thought, at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including Revolutions Revisited: Two Faces of the Politics of Enlightenment and Maimonides' Empire of Light: Popular Enlightenment in an Age of Belief.Lerner, Ralph: - Ralph Lerner is the Benjamin Franklin Professor Emeritus in the College, and Professor Emeritus in the Committee on Social Thought, at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including Revolutions Revisited: Two Faces of the Politics of Enlightenment and Maimonides' Empire of Light: Popular Enlightenment in an Age of Belief. |