Table of Contents

General Introduction PART I: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY IN ISLAM Edited by Joshua Parens Introduction 1. Alfarabi, The Enumeration of the Sciences Charles E. Butterworth, trans. 2. Alfarabi, The Book of Religion Charles E. Butterworth, trans. 3. Alfarabi, The Political Regime Charles E. Butterworth, trans. 4. Alfarabi, The Attainment of Happiness Muhsin Mahdi, trans. 5. Alfarabi, Plato's Laws Muhsin Mahdi, trans. 6. Avicenna, On the Divisions of the Rational Sciences Muhsin Mahdi, trans. 7. Avicenna, Healing: Metaphysics Michael E. Marmura, trans. 8. Alghazali, The Deliverer from Error Richard J. McCarthy, SJ, trans. 9. Ibn Bajja, The Governance of the Solitary Lawrence Berman, trans. 10. Ibn Tufayl, Hayy the Son of Yaqzan George N. Atiyeh, trans. 11. Averroes, The Decisive Treatise Charles E. Butterworth, trans. Bibliography and Further Reading PART II: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY IN JUDAISM Edited by Joshua Parens Introduction 12. Saadya Gaon, The Book of Doctrines and Beliefs Alexander Altmann, trans. 13. Judah Halevi, The Book of Refutation and Proof on Behalf of the Despised Religion, or, The Kuzari Barry Kogan and Lawrence Berman, trans. 14. Maimonides, Logic Muhsin Mahdi, trans. 15. Maimonides, The Guide of the Perplexed Ralph Lerner, Muhsin Mahdi, and Joshua Parens, trans. 16. Maimonides, Eight Chapters Joshua Parens, trans. 17. Maimonides, Letter on Astrology Ralph Lerner, trans. 18. Isaac Polgar, The Support of Religion Charles H. Manekin, trans. 19. Abravanel, Commentary on the Bible Robert Sacks, trans. Bibliography and Further Reading PART III: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY IN CHRISTIANITY Edited by Joseph C. Macfarland Introduction 20. Roger Bacon, Opus Maius: Moral Philosophy Richard McKeon, Donald McCarthy, and Ernest L. Fortin, trans. 21. Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics Charles I. Litzinger, trans. 22. Thomas Aquinas and Peter of Auvergne, Commentary on the Politics Ernest L. Fortin, Peter D. O'Neill, and Joseph C. Macfarland, trans. 23. Boethius of Dacia, On the Supreme Good John F. Wippel, trans. 24. Condemnation of 219 Propositions Ernest L. Fortin and Peter D. O'Neill, trans. 25. Giles of Rome, On Ecclesiastical Power R. W. Dyson, trans. 26. Ptolemy of Lucca, On the Government of Rulers James M. Blythe, trans. 27. Dante Alighieri, Monarchy Philip H. Wicksteed, trans. 28. Marsilius of Padua, The Defender of the Peace Alan Gewirth, trans. 29. William of Ockham, The Dialogue John Kilcullen, trans. Bibliography and Further Reading Index

About the Author

Joshua Parens is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dallas. He is the author of Metaphysics as Rhetoric: Alfarabi’s "Summary of Plato’s ‘Laws’" and An Islamic Philosophy of Virtuous Religions. Joseph C. Macfarland is a tutor at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland.

Reviews

"This updated collection is as timely now as it was back then: few students of political theory are sufficiently conversant with the rich medieval tradition of reflection on such problems as 'reason and revelation' or 'natural and divine law.' ... One cannot argue with the enduring relevance of this work for the study of political philosophy. Summing Up: Highly recommended."-Choice (January 2012)