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Book SynopsisA new edition of the classic anthology of Christian, Muslin, and Jewish political philosophy in the Middle Ages.
Trade ReviewThis updated collection is as timely now as it was back then: few students of political theory are sufficiently conversant with the rich medieval tradition of reflection on such problems as 'reason and revelation' or ‘natural and divine law.’... One cannot argue with the enduring relevance of this work for the study of political philosophy. Summing Up: Highly recommended.
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Table of ContentsGeneral IntroductionPART I: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY IN ISLAM
Edited by Joshua ParensIntroduction1. Alfarabi, The Enumeration of the Sciences
Charles E. Butterworth, trans.2. Alfarabi, The Book of Religion
Charles E. Butterworth, trans.3. Alfarabi, The Political Regime
Charles E. Butterworth, trans.4. Alfarabi, The Attainment of Happiness
Muhsin Mahdi, trans.5. Alfarabi, Plato's Laws
Muhsin Mahdi, trans.6. Avicenna, On the Divisions of the Rational Sciences
Muhsin Mahdi, trans.7. Avicenna, Healing: Metaphysics
Michael E. Marmura, trans.8. Alghazali, The Deliverer from Error
Richard J. McCarthy, SJ, trans.9. Ibn Bajja, The Governance of the Solitary
Lawrence Berman, trans.10. Ibn Tufayl, Hayy the Son of Yaqzan
George N. Atiyeh, trans.11. Averroes, The Decisive Treatise
Charles E. Butterworth, trans.Bibliography and Further ReadingPART II: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY IN JUDAISM
Edited by Joshua ParensIntroduction12. Saadya Gaon, The Book of Doctrines and Beliefs
Alexander Altmann, trans.13. Judah Halevi, The Book of Refutation and Proof on Behalf of the Despised Religion, or, The Kuzari
Barry Kogan and Lawrence Berman, trans.14. Maimonides, Logic
Muhsin Mahdi, trans.15. Maimonides, The Guide of the Perplexed
Ralph Lerner, Muhsin Mahdi, and Joshua Parens, trans.16. Maimonides, Eight Chapters
Joshua Parens, trans.17. Maimonides, Letter on Astrology
Ralph Lerner, trans.18. Isaac Polgar, The Support of Religion
Charles H. Manekin, trans.19. Abravanel, Commentary on the Bible
Robert Sacks, trans.Bibliography and Further ReadingPART III: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY IN CHRISTIANITY
Edited by Joseph C. MacfarlandIntroduction20. Roger Bacon, Opus Maius: Moral Philosophy
Richard McKeon, Donald McCarthy, and Ernest L. Fortin, trans.21. Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics
Charles I. Litzinger, trans.22. Thomas Aquinas and Peter of Auvergne, Commentary on the Politics
Ernest L. Fortin, Peter D. O'Neill, and Joseph C. Macfarland, trans.23. Boethius of Dacia, On the Supreme Good
John F. Wippel, trans.24. Condemnation of 219 Propositions
Ernest L. Fortin and Peter D. O’Neill, trans.25. Giles of Rome, On Ecclesiastical Power
R. W. Dyson, trans.26. Ptolemy of Lucca, On the Government of Rulers
James M. Blythe, trans.27. Dante Alighieri, Monarchy
Philip H. Wicksteed, trans.28. Marsilius of Padua, The Defender of the Peace
Alan Gewirth, trans.29. William of Ockham, The Dialogue
John Kilcullen, trans.Bibliography and Further ReadingIndex
