Title: Alfarabi : philosophy of Plato and Aristotle /
Authors: Fārābī.; Mahdi, Muhsin
Publisher: Cornell University Press,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Plato Contributions in concept of happiness.; Aristotle Contributions in concept of happiness.; Plato; Aristotle; Happiness.; Philosophy, Ancient.
Abstract: "This 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."--Jacket.
Contents: The attainment of happiness -- The philosophy of Plato, its parts, the ranks of order of its parts, from the beginning to the end -- The philosopy of Aristotle, the parts of his philosophy, the ranks of order of its parts, the position from which he started and the one he reached.