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
Eastern studies.
In a clear prose translation by Charles E. Butterworth, these
treatises provide a valuable introduction to the teachings of
Alfarabi and to the development of Islamic political philosophy.
All of these texts are based on new Arabic editions. Two -- The
Book of Religion and Harmonization of the Two Opinions of the Two
Sages, Plato the Divine and Aristotle -- appear in English for the
first time. The translations of the other two works -- Selected
Aphorisms and chapter five of the Enumeration of the Sciences --
differ markedly from those previously known to English-language
readers.
Butterworth situates each essay in its historical, literary, and
philosophical context. His notes help the reader follow Alfarabi's
text and identify persons, places, and events. English-Arabic and
Arabic-English glossaries of terms further assist the reader.
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