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Alfarabi : philosophy of Plato and Aristotle / translated, with an introduction, by Muhsin Mahdi ; with a foreword by Charles E. Butterworth and Thomas L. Pangle.
- Title
- Alfarabi : philosophy of Plato and Aristotle / translated, with an introduction, by Muhsin Mahdi ; with a foreword by Charles E. Butterworth and Thomas L. Pangle.
- Author
- Fārābī
- Publication
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, c2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | B753.F33 A25 2001 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Mahdi, Muhsin
- Description
- xxxv, 158 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "This reissue of the 1969 Cornell edition of Alfarabi's Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle contains Muhsin Mahdi's substantial original introduction and a new foreword by Charles E. Butterworth and Thomas L. Pangle. The three parts of the book, "Attainment of Happiness," "Philosophy of Plato," and "Philosophy of Aristotle," provide a philosophical foundation for Alfarabi's political works."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Agora editions
- Uniform Title
- Works. Selections. English. 2001
- Agora editions (Cornell University Press)
- Alternative Title
- Works. 2001
- Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-156) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The attainment of happiness -- The philosophy of Plato, its parts, the ranks of order of its parts, from the beginning to the end -- The philosopy of Aristotle, the parts of his philosophy, the ranks of order of its parts, the position from which he started and the one he reached.
- ISBN
- 0801487161 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2001047329
- OCLC
- 47831393
- SCSB-11945543
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library