Metaphysics as rhetoric : Alfarabi's Summary of Plato's "Laws" / by Parens, Joshua, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…; how philosophic kalâm becomes misconstrued as metaphysical doctrine; the roots of the laws revisited -- Alfarabi's Platonism: Alfarabi as metaphysical neoplatonist; Alfarabi as political middle platonist, Richard Walzer; Alfarabi as political Aristotelian: Galston's Politics and excellence -- Natural right vs. natural law: Plato as ethical theorist of natural law; Plato as legalistic theorist of natural law.…”
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