Metaphysics as Rhetoric

Metaphysics as Rhetoric
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Publisher : SUNY Press
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 0791425738
ISBN-13 : 9780791425732
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Download or read book Metaphysics as Rhetoric written by Joshua Parens and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parens argues that Alfarabi, the tenth-century Muslim philosopher, demonstrated that Plato is not the originator of Western metaphysics, and that what appears to be Plato's metaphysics was intended as a rhetorical defense of his politics.


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