系列：罗切斯特中世纪政治思想研究
第一批完全致力于中世纪哲学家阿维罗斯对柏拉图《理想国》的评论的论文集包括来自多个学科和国家的各种贡献者。这本选集的目的是让阿维罗斯以自己的身份成为一位伟大的哲学家，对伊斯兰教世界有着独特的见解，同时也是一位有价值的柏拉图评论员。这本书的一个主要特点是首次出版了希洛莫·皮恩斯1957年用希伯来语写的关于埃弗罗斯的文章的英文译本。这本书探讨了阿维罗斯哲学的许多方面，包括其关于诗歌、哲学、宗教、法律和政府的教义。其他部分则追溯了艾弗勒斯的作品从过去哲学家那里获得的灵感，以及它对后代的影响，尤其是在犹太和基督教的欧洲。
中世纪哲学、古代哲学、犹太教研究和政治思想史的学者一般会在本书中找到重要的见解。该文集还旨在为教师提供必要的背景知识，以便将艾弗罗斯的评论引入课堂。随着《共和国》经常出现在哲学史上最常被教授的书籍的榜首，这本书展示了中世纪最重要的关于它的评论也应该在课程中占有一席之地。
Plato’s Republic in the Islamic Context: New Perspectives on Averroes’s Commentary
Series: Rochester Studies in Medieval Political Thought
The first collection of essays devoted entirely to the medieval philosopher Averroes’s Commentary on Plato’s “Republic” includes a variety of contributors from across several disciplines and countries. The anthology aims to establish Averroes as a great philosopher in his own right, with special and unique insight into the world of Islam, as well as a valuable commentator on Plato. A major feature of the book is the first published English translation of Shlomo Pines’s 1957 essay, written in Hebrew, on Averroes. The volume explores many aspects of Averroes’s philosophy, including its teachings on poetry, philosophy, religion, law, and government. Other sections trace both the inspiration Averroes’s work drew from past philosophers and the influence it had on future generations, especially in Jewish and Christian Europe.
Scholars of medieval philosophy, ancient philosophy, Jewish studies, and the history of political thought more generally will find important insights in this volume. The anthology is also intended to provide the necessary background for teachers aiming to introduce Averroes’s commentary into the classroom. With the Republic regularly appearing near the top of lists of the most frequently taught books in the history of philosophy, this volume shows how the most important medieval commentary on it deserves a place in the curriculum as well.
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