Alfarabi, the political writings
Subtitle: selected aphorisms and other texts
By: translated and annotated by Charles E. Butterworth
Contributors: Butterworth, Charles E
Series: Agora editions; Agora editions (Cornell University Press)
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Philosophy, Islamic -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800
Work titles: Selections.
Description: "Alfarabi was among the first to explore the tensions between the philosophy of classical Greece and that of Islam, as well as of religion generally. His writings, extraordinary in their breadth and deep learning, have had a profound impact on Islamic and Jewish philosophy. This volume presents four of Alfarabi's most important texts, making his political thought available to classicists, medievalists, and scholars of religion and Byzantine and Middle Eastern studies." "Butterworth situates each essay in its historical, literary, and philosophical context. His notes help the reader follow Alfarabi's text and identify persons, places, and events. English-Arabic and Arabic-English glossaries of terms further assist the reader."--Jacket.

"Alfarabi was among the first to explore the tensions between the philosophy of classical Greece and that of Islam, as well as of religion generally. His writings, extraordinary in their breadth and deep learning, have had a profound impact on Islamic and Jewish philosophy. This volume presents four of Alfarabi's most important texts, making his political thought available to classicists, medievalists, and scholars of religion and Byzantine and Middle Eastern studies.".

"Butterworth situates each essay in its historical, literary, and philosophical context. His notes help the reader follow Alfarabi's text and identify persons, places, and events. English-Arabic and Arabic-English glossaries of terms further assist the reader."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Selected aphorisms; title: Enumeration of the sciences; title: Book of religion; title: The harmonization of the two opinions of the two sages: Plato the Divine and Aristotle