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2: The Political Writings: "Political Regime" and "Summary of Plato's Laws" (Agora Editions)
by Alfarabi
ISBN: 0801453801
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iorrus
· 2017-11-20 ·
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Looking into this further it appears you are correct in that Al-Farabi for instance actually studied in Byzantium for 8 years according to the preface in this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Political-Writings-Regime-Summary-Edi...
https://www.amazon.com/Political-Writings-Regime-Summary-Edi...