{"product_id":"the-political-writings-selected-aphorisms-and-other-texts-hardback-9780801438578","title":"The Political Writings; \"Selected Aphorisms\" and Other Texts (Hardback) 9780801438578","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Political Writings\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\"Selected Aphorisms\" and Other Texts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlfarabi (Author), Charles E. Butterworth (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801438578\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 May 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e222 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.907 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\u003eAt last, a wider English-speaking audience will gain access to the riches contained in Alfarabi's political philosophy.... As always, Butterworth walks the fine line between literalness and readability with extraordinary grace, making this volume of equal value to scholar and student alike. He also offers introductions to each work that exemplify this same balance. For the scholar, he describes the manuscripts consulted and justifies our conviction that at last we have a trustworthy translation based on a critical Arabic text. For the student, as well as the scholar, and, above all, the teacher, he offers concise, insightful introduction to these challenging works. These introductions are a great boon in the classroom; each introduction leads the reader to raise the relevant questions to begin to unlock the secrets within. In the footnotes, Butterworth strikes the same balance, drawing the scholar's attention to alternate manuscript readings and translations while offering crucial pieces of information and insight, especially valuable to the novice.\u003c\/p\u003e (Journal of the American Oriental Society) \u003cp\u003eCharles Butterworth has rendered a service both timely and timeless in his meticulous yet highly readable translations of four texts by a thinker second to none.... Butterworth here provides insightful introductions and impeccable translations.\u003c\/p\u003e (Review of Politics) \u003cp\u003eCharles E. Butterworth has rendered a service both timely and timeless in his meticulous yet highly readable translations of four texts by a thinker second to none. Butterworth here provides insightful introductions and impeccable translations.\u003c\/p\u003e (Review of Politics) \u003cp\u003eButterworth brilliantly combines in one volume the theoretical agenda of the \u003ci\u003ePolitical Regime\u003c\/i\u003e and the practical concerns of the \u003ci\u003eSummary\u003c\/i\u003e. Such combination offers us the opportunity to explore the dynamic tensions between theoretical and practical knowledge that undergird Alfarabi's philosophical project as a whole. This volume is an excellent contribution to Alfarabi scholarship and should be most welcome to anyone interested in Islamic philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e - Robert L'Arrivee (Review of Politics)\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\u003cb\u003eAlfarabi 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. \u003c\/b\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a clear prose translation by Charles E. Butterworth, these treatises provide a valuable introduction to the teachings of Alfarabi and to the development of Islamic political philosophy. All of these texts are based on new Arabic editions. Two—\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarmonization of the Two Opinions of the Two Sages, Plato the Divine and Aristotle\u003c\/i\u003e—appear in English for the first time. The translations of the other two works—\u003ci\u003eSelected Aphorisms\u003c\/i\u003e and chapter five of the\u003ci\u003e Enumeration of the Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e—differ markedly from those previously known to English-language readers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eButterworth 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003ci\u003ePolitical Regime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e The Text\u003ci\u003eSummary of Plato's Laws\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e The Text\u003ci\u003eAppendix A: \u003c\/i\u003eAlfarabi,\u003ci\u003e Enumeration of the Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppendix B:\u003c\/i\u003e Averroes's Defense of the Philosophers as Believing in Happiness and Misery in the Hereafter\u003ci\u003eGlossary A:\u003c\/i\u003e Arabic–English\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGlossary B:\u003c\/i\u003e English–Arabic\u003ci\u003eBibliography\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":52541575987480,"sku":"9780801438578","price":48.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-political-writings-selected-aphorisms-and-other-texts-hardback-9780801438578","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}