Plato's Republic in the Islamic context : new perspectives on Averroes's commentary /: new perspectives on Averroes's commentary. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Alexander Orwin.
• Editors: Orwin, Alexander
• 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 (trans. 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 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 / Jshua Parens -- Philosopher Kings and Counsellors: 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.
• Publisher Details: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Copyright Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 321/.07; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800104983; 1800104987; 9781800105157; 1800105150
• Related ISBNs: 9781648250118
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 30, 2022).
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