Lahcen E. Ezzaher presents “Aristole’s Rhetoric Through Arab Eyes: The Commentaries of Al-Farabi, Avicenna, and Averroes”

Drawing upon his work over the last twenty years, Lahcen E. Ezzaher will share some key characteristics in the commentaries of Al-Farabi, Avicenna, and Averroes on Aristotle’s Rhetoric. This event is presented as part of the Center for Democratic Deliberation lecture series.

A native of Fes, Morocco, Lahcen E. Ezzaher is a professor of English at the University of Northern Colorado. He holds a master of arts degree in translation and linguistics from the University of Bath in England and a doctorate in rhetoric from the University of Arizona. His latest book Averroes’ Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s Rhetoric: Arabic-English Translation, with Notes and Introduction, which will be released this April.