Medieval political philosophy
Subtitle: a sourcebook
Contributors: Macfarland, Joseph C.
Edition: 2nd ed. / edited by Joshua Parens and Joseph C. Macfarland.
Series: Agora; Agora editions (Cornell University Press)
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 443
ISBN-13: 9780801449628; 9780801476815
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Medieval Philosophy; Political science
Notes: "1st edition edited by Ralph Lerner and Muhsin Mahdi."

Includes bibliographical references (p.[431]-433) and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Selections translated from Arabic, Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic and Latin.
Table of contents: title: Alfarabi, The enumeration of the sciences ;  Alfarabi, The book of religion ; Alfarabi, The political regime / translated by Charles E. Butterworth; title: Alfarabi, The attainment of happiness ; Alfarabi, Plato's Laws ; Avicenna, On the divisions of the rational sciences / translated by Muhsin Mahdi; title: Avicenna, Healing: metaphysics / translated by Michael E. Marmura; title: Alghazali, The deliverer from error / translated by Richard J. McCarthy; title: Ibn Bajja, The governance of the solitary / translated by Lawrence Berman; title: Ibn Tufayl, Hayy the son of Yaqzan / translated by George N. Atiyeh; title: Averroes, The decisive treatise / translated by Charles E. Butterworth; title: Saadya Gaon, The book of doctrines and beliefs / translated by Alexander Altmann; title: Judah Halevi, The Book of refutation and proof on behalf of the despised religion, or, The kuzari / translated by Barry Kogan, Lawrence Berman; title: Maimonides, Logic / translated by Muhsin Mahdi; title: Maimonides, The guide of the perplexed / translated by Ralph Lerner, Muhsin Mahdi, Joshua Parens; title: Maimonides, Eight chapters / translated by Joshua Parens; title: Maimonides, Letter on astrology / translated by Ralph Lerner; title: Isaac Polgar, The support of religion / translated by Charles H. Manekin; title: Abravanel, Commentary on the Bible / translated by Robert Sacks; title: Roger Bacon, Opus Maius: Moral philosophy / translated by Richard McKeon, Donald McCarthy, Ernest Fortin; title: Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on the Nicomachean ethics / translated by Charles I. Litzinger; title: Thomas Aquinas and Peter of Auvergne, Commentary on the politics / translated by Ernest L. Fortin, Peter D. O'Neill, Joseph C. MacFarland; title: Boethius of Dacia, On the supreme good / translated by John F. Wippel; title: Condemnation of 219 propositions / translated by Ernest L. Fortin Peter D. O'Neill; title: Giles of Rome, On ecclesiastical power / translated by R.W. Dyson; title: Ptolemy of Lucca, On the government of rulers / translated by James M. Blythe; title: Dante Alighieri, Monarchy / translated by Philip H. Wicksteed; title: Marsilius of Padua, The defender of the peace / translated by Alan Gewirth; title: William of Ockham, The Dialogue / translated by John Kilcullen.