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"Charles 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."
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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. In 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--The Book of Religion and Harmonization of the Two Opinions of the Two Sages, Plato the Divine and Aristotle--appear in English for the first time. The translations of the other two works--Selected Aphorisms and chapter five of the Enumeration of the Sciences--differ markedly from those previously known to English-language readers. 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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"Charles 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."
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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. In 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--The Book of Religion and Harmonization of the Two Opinions of the Two Sages, Plato the Divine and Aristotle--appear in English for the first time. The translations of the other two works--Selected Aphorisms and chapter five of the Enumeration of the Sciences--differ markedly from those previously known to English-language readers. 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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Chester Beatty, Enumeration of the Sciences, Book of Religion, Posterior Analytics, Prior Analytics, Muhsin Mahdi, Central Library, Philosophy of Plato, University of Teheran, Nicomachean Ethics, Abu Nasr, The Political Writings, Dominique Mallet, Princeton University Library, Alexander the Great, Alfarabi's Plato, Aphorisms of the Statesman, Cornell University Press, Eleatic Stranger, Philosophy of Aristotle New!
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This translation is based on the text of the Selected Aphorisms edited by Fauzi M. Najjar just over a quarter of a century ago.1 Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chester Beatty, Enumeration of the Sciences, Book of Religion, Posterior Analytics, Prior Analytics, Muhsin Mahdi, Central Library, Philosophy of Plato, University of Teheran, Nicomachean Ethics, Abu Nasr, The Political Writings, Dominique Mallet, Princeton University Library, Alexander the Great, Alfarabi's Plato, Aphorisms of the Statesman, Cornell University Press, Eleatic Stranger, Philosophy of Aristotle New!
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- The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics) by Aristotle on 5 pages
- Prior Analytics by Aristotle on 5 pages
- Posterior Analytics (Clarendon Aristotle Series) by Aristotle on 5 pages
- Aristotle: On the Heavens (Loeb Classical Library No. 338) by Aristotle on page 140, page 144, and page 154
- On Interpretation by Aristotle on page 141
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