{"product_id":"9780801471643","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 \u003cem\u003eRepublic\u003c\/em\u003e: Of what use is this philosophy to me? Averroes clearly finds that the \u003cem\u003eRepublic\u003c\/em\u003e speaks to his own time and to his own situation. . . . Perhaps the greatest use he makes of the \u003cem\u003eRepublic\u003c\/em\u003e is to understand better the \u003cem\u003eshari'a\u003c\/em\u003e itself. . . . It is fair to say that in deciding to paraphrase the \u003cem\u003eRepublic\u003c\/em\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 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn indispensable primary source in medieval political philosophy is presented here in a fully annotated translation of the celebrated discussion of the \u003cem\u003eRepublic\u003c\/em\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":"Default Title","offer_id":47118307754224,"sku":"9780801471643","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780801471643_p0.jpg?v=1763664169","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780801471643","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}