Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

Introduction

pp 1-16

Part One - Averroes and His Teachers

pp 17-18

1 - Imposing Alfarabi on Plato: Averroes’s NovelPlacement of the Platonic City

pp 19-39

2 - Ibn Bajja: An Independent Reader of theRepublic

pp 40-66

Part Two - Poetry, Philosophy, and Logic

pp 67-68

3 - Expelling Dialectics from the Ideal State: Makingthe World Safe for Philosophy in Averroes’sCommentary on Plato’s “Republic”

pp 69-86

4 - Music, Poetry, and Politics in Averroes’sCommentary on Plato’s “Republic”

pp 87-110

Part Three - Law, Religion, and Philosophy

pp 111-112

5 - Averroes on Family and Property in the Commentaryon Plato’s “Republic”

pp 113-132

6 - Notes on Averroes’s Political Teaching

pp 133-159

7 - The Sharīʿa of the Republic: Islamic Law andPhilosophy in Averroes’s Commentary on Plato’s“Republic”

pp 160-181

8 - An Indecisive Truth: Divine Law and Philosophy inthe Decisive Treatise and Commentary on Plato’s“Republic”

pp 182-200

Part Four - Wisdom, Government, and the Character of thePolitical Community

pp 201-202

9 - Averroes between Jihad and McWorld

pp 203-211

10 - The Essential Qualities of the Ruler in Averroes’sCommentary on Plato’s “Republic”

pp 212-232

11 - Natural Perfection or Divine Fiat

pp 233-252

12 - Philosopher-Kings and Counselors: How ShouldPhilosophers Participate in Politics?

pp 253-274

Part Five - Averroes’s Reception in Europe

pp 275-276

13 - Three Readings of Averroes’s Commentary on Plato’s“Republic” in Medieval Jewish Thought

pp 277-296

14 - The Two Hebrew-into-Latin Translations ofAverroes’s Commentary on Plato’s “Republic”: Method,Motivation, and Context

pp 297-318

Selected Bibliography

pp 319-322

Notes on the Contributors

pp 323-326

Index

pp 327-329