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Joshua Parens

University of Dallas
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  • University of Dallas
    Department of Philosophy
    Politics
    Professor
University of Chicago
Department of Philosophy
PhD
Homepage
Irving, Texas, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
History of Western Philosophy
Value Theory
Metaphysics and Epistemology
Philosophical Traditions
Areas of Interest
History of Western Philosophy
Value Theory
Metaphysics and Epistemology
Philosophical Traditions
  • All publications (47)
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    Metaphysics as Rhetoric. Alfarabi's 'Summary of Plato's Laws
    State University of New York Press. 1995.
    This is the first book-length treatment of Alfarabi's SUMMARY OF PLATO'S "LAWS" in any language. It compares the Summary with Plato's LAWS.
    M&E, MiscMetaphysics, General Works
  • Giles of Rome, On ecclesiastical power
    with Joseph C. Macfarland
    In Joshua Parens & Joseph C. Macfarland (eds.), Medieval political philosophy: a sourcebook, Cornell University Press. 2011.
    History of Political Philosophy
  • Condemnation of 219 propositions
    with Joseph C. Macfarland
    In Joshua Parens & Joseph C. Macfarland (eds.), Medieval political philosophy: a sourcebook, Cornell University Press. 2011.
    Social and Political PhilosophyCriminal Law
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    Ibn Bajja, The governance of the solitary
    with Joseph C. Macfarland
    In Joshua Parens & Joseph C. Macfarland (eds.), Medieval political philosophy: a sourcebook, Cornell University Press. 2011.
    History of Political Philosophy
  • Dante Alighieri, Monarchy
    with Joseph C. Macfarland
    In Joshua Parens & Joseph C. Macfarland (eds.), Medieval political philosophy: a sourcebook, Cornell University Press. 2011.
    History of Political Philosophy
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    Islamic Humanism (review)
    American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 78 (3): 503-507. 2004.
    Arabic and Islamic PhilosophyPhilosophy of Religion
  • Averroes, The decisive treatise
    with Joseph C. Macfarland
    In Joshua Parens & Joseph C. Macfarland (eds.), Medieval political philosophy: a sourcebook, Cornell University Press. 2011.
    History of Political Philosophy
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    An Islamic Philosophy of Virtuous Religions: Introducing Alfarabi (review)
    Speculum 83 (1): 231-232. 2008.
    Virtues and Vices
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    Isaac Polgar, The support of religion
    with Joseph C. Macfarland
    In Joshua Parens & Joseph C. Macfarland (eds.), Medieval political philosophy: a sourcebook, Cornell University Press. 2011.
    History of Political Philosophy
  • Boethius of Dacia, On the supreme good
    with Joseph C. Macfarland
    In Joshua Parens & Joseph C. Macfarland (eds.), Medieval political philosophy: a sourcebook, Cornell University Press. 2011.
    History of Political Philosophy
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    Abravanel, Commentary on the Bible
    with Joseph C. Macfarland
    In Joshua Parens & Joseph C. Macfarland (eds.), Medieval political philosophy: a sourcebook, Cornell University Press. 2011.
    Social and Political Philosophy
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    Alfarabi, The enumeration of the sciences ; Alfarabi, The book of religion ; Alfarabi, The political regime
    with Joseph C. Macfarland
    In Joshua Parens & Joseph C. Macfarland (eds.), Medieval political philosophy: a sourcebook, Cornell University Press. 2011.
    History of Political Philosophy
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    Al‐Farabi
    In Hugh LaFollette (ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Wiley-blackwell. 2013.
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    Alghazali, The deliverer from error
    with Joseph C. Macfarland
    In Joshua Parens & Joseph C. Macfarland (eds.), Medieval political philosophy: a sourcebook, Cornell University Press. 2011.
    History of Political Philosophy
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    Avicenna, Healing: metaphysics
    with Joseph C. Macfarland
    In Joshua Parens & Joseph C. Macfarland (eds.), Medieval political philosophy: a sourcebook, Cornell University Press. 2011.
    History of Political Philosophy
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    Alfarabi, The attainment of happiness ; Alfarabi, Plato's Laws ; Avicenna, On the divisions of the rational sciences
    with Joseph C. Macfarland
    In Joshua Parens & Joseph C. Macfarland (eds.), Medieval political philosophy: a sourcebook, Cornell University Press. 2011.
    Al-FarabiHistory of Political PhilosophyAvicenna
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    The Companionship of Books: Essays in Honor of Laurence Berns (edited book)
    with John E. Alvis, George Anastaplo, Paul A. Cantor, Jerrold R. Caplan, Michael Davis, Robert Goldberg, Kenneth Hart Green, Harry V. Jaffa, Antonio Marino-López, Sharon Portnoff, Robert D. Sacks, Owen J. Sadlier, and Martin D. Yaffe
    Lexington Books. 2011.
    This volume is a collection of essays by various contributors in honor of the late Laurence Berns, Richard Hammond Elliot Tutor Emeritus at St. John's College, Annapolis. The essays address the literary, political, theological, and philosophical themes of his life's work as a scholar, teacher, and constant companion of the "great books."
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