Averroes' Paraphrase of Plato's Republic

The subject: voluntary things

The principle: will and choice

upon them, depend upon our own decision, and their principle is the will itself and choice: just as nature itself is the principle of natural science, and its subject is natural things. Likewise, the principle of divine science is God, and its subject is divine things themselves. Furthermore, the present science is distinguished from the contemplative ones, since the end of those is merely knowledge. If we do work in these, it happens only by accident, as is wont to occur in many things which mathematicians consider.
Scientia knowledge truly differs from the contemplative

The end of the science

But the end of the present science is praxis alone. However, the parts of this science seem to differ among themselves, because some teach the praxis itself more easily, others with more difficulty. For the rules that are taught in this science, the more general they are, the less they conduce to performing the praxis; and the less general they are, the more they can teach and show the praxis itself. This is clearly evident in medicine, of which one part is called speculative by physicians, and the other active. Likewise, this art is divided into two parts. The former describes habits and voluntary actions, as well as the governance of the Republic, in general terms by means of certain common principles. It also explains what the ratio of one part to another is, and what has been invented for the sake of the other. The latter explains how such habits in the mind are rendered firm and stable from...
General rules are less conducive to praxis