{"product_id":"averroes-on-platos-republic-9780801489754","title":"Averroes on Plato's Republic","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Averroes | Ralph Lerner\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Surveys - Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47613570449559,"sku":"9780801489754","price":3691.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780801489754.webp?v=1775086227","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/averroes-on-platos-republic-9780801489754","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}