{"product_id":"the-political-writings-9781501746796","title":"The Political Writings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eButterworth richly deserves to be congratulated for providing advanced students and scholars with authoritative, reliable, and readable translations of Alfarabi''s important political writings. \u003c\/b\u003e? \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlfarabi (ca. 870–950) founded the great tradition of Aristotelian\/Platonic political philosophy in medieval Islamic and Arabic culture. In this second volume of political writings, Charles E. Butterworth presents translations of Alfarabi''s\u003ci\u003e Political Regime\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSummary of Plato''s Laws\u003c\/i\u003e, accompanied by introductions that discuss the background for each work and explore its teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition, the texts are carefully annotated to aid the reader in following Alfarabi''s argument. An Arabic-English\/English-Arabic glossary allows interested readers to verify the way particular words are translated. Throughout, Butterworth''s method is to translate consistently the same Arabic word by the same English word, rendering Alfarabi''s style \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccurate and very readable.... [Butterworth] was a student of Muhsin Mahdi, the leading scholar of Alfarabi of our time (and perhaps of all time), whose many editions, translations, and studies of Alfarabi's writings have enriched our understanding of this most influential philosopher. Butterworth is Mahdi's intellectual heir.... We are much indebted to Butterworth, who has undertaken this mission with admirable responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e * Speculum *\u003cbr\u003e\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. This volume is an excellent contribution to Alfarabi scholarship and should be most welcome to anyone interested in Islamic philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Review of Politics *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eButterworth here offers... a commendable, skilled rendition of the\u003ci\u003e Summary of Plato's Laws\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of the History of Philosophy *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eButterworth richly deserves to be congratulated for providing advanced students and scholars with authoritative, reliable, and readable translations of Alfarabi's important political writings.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eButterworth's splendid introduction to the first of these two texts provides the best introduction to Alfarabi's metaphysics that one is likely to find. In briefly sketching the life of Alfarabi, he also draws attention to the often forgotten major centers of learning in the ancient world.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Review of Metaphysics *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe translation on the whole is clear and very readable.... Readers with neither knowledge of Arabic nor familiarity with al-Farabi's writings will find the text easy to understand and follow, and the book will be useful for students.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Islamic Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolitical Regime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eThe Text\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSummary of Plato's Laws\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eThe Text\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAppendix A: \u003c\/em\u003eAlfarabi,\u003cem\u003e Enumeration of the Sciences\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAppendix B:\u003c\/em\u003e Averroes's Defense of the Philosophers as Believing in Happiness and Misery in the Hereafter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlossary A:\u003c\/em\u003e Arabic–English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlossary B:\u003c\/em\u003e English–Arabic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409340866903,"sku":"9781501746796","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501746796.jpg?v=1730506481","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-political-writings-9781501746796","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}