You're just a quoteminer, Zak. Sarton was not a muslim. The quote you are using was in the context of explaining where science had come from geographically, and how it had to be introduced several times in the West to take hold. He was not praising islam; you think so simply that I could say that I had a really good falafel and you would call me a muslim. Here is another thing Sarton said, which you neglected to share:
"The most malicious kind of hatred is that which is built upon a theological foundation."
"The most malicious kind of hatred is that which is built upon a theological foundation."
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