{"product_id":"averroes-on-platos-republic","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":"Longleaf Services on behalf of Cornell University","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52691188121967,"sku":"9780801489754","price":173.28,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/9384\/9711\/files\/080148975X.jpg?v=1771531445","url":"https:\/\/internacional.umlivro.com.br\/products\/averroes-on-platos-republic","provider":"UmLivro Internacional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}