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Averroes on Plato's Republic

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Availability:In StockContributor:Averroes, Ralph Lerner (Translator)Series:Agora EditionsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2005-05-02Pages:206
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9780801489754ISBN-10:080148975XUPC:9780801489754Book Category:Philosophy, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:History & SurveysBook Topic:Ancient & Classical, MedievalSize:8.00 x 5.60 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SC3FZG1FHQ

Averroes on Plato's Republic

"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...

Series: Agora Editions
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9780801489754ISBN-10:080148975XUPC:9780801489754Book Category:Philosophy, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:History & SurveysBook Topic:Ancient & Classical, MedievalSize:8.00 x 5.60 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SC3FZG1FHQ

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.


Publisher: Cornell University Press

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Averroes, Ralph Lerner (Translator)

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Averroes

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