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Philosophy of Plato
and Aristotle.
Part I. THE ATTAINMENT OF
HAPPINESS
"When the theoretical
sciences are isolated and their possessor does not have
the faculty for exploiting them for the benefit
of others, they are defective philosophy."1a
" . . .
[P]hilosophy
is prior to religion in time."1b
" . . . [T]he
idea of Imam, Philosopher, and Legislator
is a single idea. However, the name philosopher
signifies primarily theoretical virtue. . . Legislator
signifies excellence of knowledge concerning the conditions of
practical intelligibles, the faculty for finding them, and the
faculty for bringing them about in nations and cities. . . The
name prince signifies sovereignty and ability. . .
Therefore the true prince is the same as the
philosopher-legislator."1c*
Part II.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF
PLATO
"He
[Plato] started by investigating what true justice is,
how it ought to be, and how it ought to be applied. . .
When he had investigated it . . . , it became evident to
him that it is complete injustice and extreme evil;
these great evils . . . would not slacken or vanish so long as
the cities continued as they were; another city ought to be
founded which is different from those cities, in which and in
the like of which there would be true justice . . .
"1d PLATO
Part III.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF
ARISTOTLE
" . . . [I]f
man is a part of the world, and if we wish to understand his
purpose and activity and use and place, first we have to know
the purpose of the whole world so that we may see clearly
what the purpose of man is, and also that man has to be
a part of the world because his purpose is necessary for realizing
the ultimate purpose of the world."1e
ARISTOTLE
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Alfarabi.
Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle.
Rev.
ed. Translated with an Introduction by Muhsin Mahdi.
Foreword by Charles E. Butterworth and Thomas L. Pangle. The
Free Press of Glencoe, 1962. Agora
Editions. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1969,
2001.
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Italics in the original.
Alfarabi.
Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle.
Rev. ed. Translated with an Introduction by Muhsin Mahdi. Foreword
by Charles E. Butterworth and Thomas L. Pangle. The Free Press of
Glencoe, 1962. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1969, 2001.
a Part I. The Attainment of
Happiness, at 43
b Ibid.,
at 45.
c Ibid,
at 46.
d Part II.
The Philosophy of Plato, at 65.
e Part
III. The Philosophy of Aristotle, at 79-80.
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