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"In one fashion or another, the question with which this introduction begins is a question for every serious reader of Plato's __Republic__: Of what use is this philosophy to me? Averroes clearly finds that the __Republic__ speaks to his own time and to his own situation.... Perhaps the greatest use he makes of the __Republic__ is to understand better the __shari'a__ itself.... It is fair to say that in deciding to paraphrase the __Republic__, 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 __Republic__ 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.

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Author

Averroes, ;Lerner, Ralph

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801471643

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Philosophy, Political Science

Rating

4.2 / 5 (40 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14