Plato's Republic in the Islamic context : new perspectives on Averroes's commentary /

"The goal of the book is to provide an anthology covering the reception of Plato's Republic in the Islamic world, with a focus on Averroes's outstanding but underappreciated commentary on Plato's most famous dialogue. Despite the publication of Ralph Lerner's excellent Engli...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Orwin, Alexander (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2022.
Series:Rochester studies in medieval political thought.
Subjects:
Plato. > Republic.
Averroës, > 1126-1198. > Beʼur le-sefer hanhagat ha-medinah le-Aplaṭon.
Republic (Plato)
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Imposing Alfarabi on Plato : Averroes's novel placement of the platonic city / Alexander Orwin
  • Ibn Bajja : an independent reader of the Republic / Josep Puig Montada
  • Expelling dialectics from the ideal state : making the world safe for philosophy in Averroes's Commentary on Plato's "Republic" / Yehuda Halper
  • Music, poetry, and politics in Averroes's Commentary on Plato's "Republic" / Douglas Kries
  • Averroes on family and property in the Commentary on Plato's "Republic" / Catarina Belo
  • Notes on Averroes's political teaching / Shlomo Pines, translated by Alexander Orwin
  • The Sharia of the republic : Islamic law and philosophy in Averroes Commentary on Plato's "Republic" / Rasoul Namazi
  • An indecisive truth : divine law and philosophy in the Decisive treatise and Commentary on Plato's "Republic" / Karen Taliaferro
  • Averroes between jihad and McWorld / Michael S. Kochin
  • The essential qualities of the ruler in Averroes's Commentary on Plato's "Republic" / Rosalie Helena de Souza Pereira
  • Natural perfection or divine fiat / Joshua Parens
  • Philosopher-kings and counselors : how should philosophers participate in politics? / Alexander Orwin
  • Three readings of Averroes's Commentary on Plato's "Republic" in Medieval Jewish thought / Alexander Green
  • The two Hebrew-into-Latin translations of Averroes's Commentary on Plato's "Republic" : method, motivation, and context / Michael Engel.

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