{"product_id":"averroes-on-platos-republic-9780801489754","title":"Averroes on Plato's \"Republic\"","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Averroes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Agora Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.60w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801489754","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42711320723593,"sku":"9780801489754","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_88fcdbf2-5793-470e-806f-53c675ed48d9.jpg?v=1719567084","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/averroes-on-platos-republic-9780801489754","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}