Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle

Alfarabi (Author), Muhsin Mahdi (Translated by), Charles E. Butterworth (Foreword by), Thomas L. Pangle (Foreword by)

9780801487163

Paperback / softback, published 15 April 2002

192 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.1 cm, 0.454 kg

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.