{"product_id":"averroes-on-platos-republic-hardback-9780801408212","title":"Averroes on Plato's \"Republic\" (Hardback) 9780801408212","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAverroes on Plato's \"Republic\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAverroes (Author), Ralph Lerner (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801408212\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 January 1974\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e206 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 14 x 2.2 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause of the importance of Averroes (as a Muslim he is significant for both Platonic and Islamic thought), it is good to have Lerner's new and thoughtful interpretation, with lucid introduction, three helpful appendixes, glossary, and index.\u003c\/p\u003e (Library Journal) \u003cp\u003eIt is interesting to note that Plato's tenets were considered profitable also by Averroes, whose world was defined and governed by the Koran.\u003c\/p\u003e (The Classical Outlook) \u003cp\u003eThis is a fine translation of a very difficult and important text, lost in its Arabic original but preserved in the awkward fourteenth-century Hebrew translation of Judah ben Samuel. Even in this summary form, the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the exceedingly few works of the Platonic corpus to surface in Islamic philosophy, and this paraphrase is an excellent example of Averroes' technique of doing philosophy in commentary form.\u003c\/p\u003e (Journal of Near Eastern Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In one fashion or another, the question with which this introduction begins is a question for every serious reader of Plato's \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e: Of what use is this philosophy to me? Averroes clearly finds that the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e speaks to his own time and to his own situation.... Perhaps the greatest use he makes of the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e is to understand better the \u003ci\u003eshari'a\u003c\/i\u003e itself.... It is fair to say that in deciding to paraphrase the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e, Averroes is asserting that his world—the world defined and governed by the Koran—can profit from Plato's instruction.\"—from Ralph Lerner's IntroductionAn indispensable primary source in medieval political philosophy is presented here in a fully annotated translation of the celebrated discussion of the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e by the twelfth-century Andalusian Muslim philosopher, Abu'l-Walid Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Rushd, also know by his his Latinized name, Averroes. This work played a major role in both the transmission and the adaptation of the Platonic tradition in the West. In a closely argued critical introduction, Ralph Lerner addresses several of the most important problems raised by the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations and Symbols\u003cb\u003eTHE TEXT\u003c\/b\u003eThe First Treatise\u003cbr\u003e The Second Treatise\u003cbr\u003e The Third Treatise\u003cb\u003eAPPENDIX I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Translator's Colophon\u003cbr\u003e Copyist's Colophon\u003cb\u003eAPPENDIX II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes to the Hebrew Text\u003cb\u003eAPPENDIX III\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Short Titles and Editions Cited\u003ci\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52694813704472,"sku":"9780801408212","price":39.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/averroes-on-platos-republic-hardback-9780801408212","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}