num_pages: 158
description: This long-awaited reissue of the 1969 Cornell edition of Alfarabi's Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle contains Muhsin Mahdi's substantial original introduction and a new foreword by Charles E. Butterworth and Thomas L. Pangle. The three parts of the book, "Attainment of Happiness," "Philosophy of Plato," and "Philosophy of Aristotle," provide a philosophical foundation for Alfarabi's political works.
language: English
title: Alfarabi's Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle
titlecomplete: Alfarabi's Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle
genres: Academic, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Classics, Medieval, Islam
ratings_count: 96
publisher: Cornell University Press