The Political Writings: Selected Aphorisms and Other Texts

by Al-Farabi

Book Overview

Alfarabi was among the first to explore the tensions between the philosophy of classical Greece and that of Islam, as well as of religion generally. His writings, extraordinary in their breadth and deep learning, have had a profound impact on Islamic and Jewish philosophy.This volume presents four of Alfarabi's most important texts, making his political thought available to classicists, medievalists, and scholars of religion and Byzantine and Middle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080148913X
• ISBN13: 9780801489136
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher