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Published 2013-11-28
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Farjeat, L. X. L., & Aragón, M. F. (2013). The Relationship between Politics and Religion in Alfarabi’s Platonism. Tópicos, Revista De Filosofía, 24(1), 161–184. https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v24i1.282
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The authors present some remarks on Al- Farabi's reception and understanding of Platonic Dialogues, especially according to "The Philosophy of Plato". In this treatise, Al- Farabi intends to show how politics were meant to be the leitmotiv of Plato's writings. He also discusses the argumentative and cognitive relations that exist between Political Science, Philosophy and Religion. As the statesman is engaged in pedagogical functions, he is urged to have some discursive abilities —besides the speculative knowledge of the first principles— for him to incite the multitude to act.
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