(January 17, 2016 at 3:54 am)Rhythm Wrote: I'm sorry,you think that "the arabs" were already working on trigonometry (chemistry, physics, etc) when greek society and thought was flourishing? You think that you're discussing contemporaneous cultures?
Arabs all the science they worked on ALL of it was for the pure sense of science for practical application , why dont you read what i write
the Greeks where interested in one thing alone i.e PURPOSE and their scientific endeavours where RELIGIONS and metaphysical
the Greeks all along where searching for God and a religion and science was a by product of it
go and read the Euclid philosophy go and read the Pythagorean philosophies go and read Aristotle's philosophy go and read Plato's philosophy
their whole purpose was to find meaning for their existence
the Arabs ALREADY answered that Question with Muhammad(PBUH) and Islam and they didnt need any metaphysical answers , now they were developing life, now they were looking to make life better and easier , now they sought knowledge for practical use
and yes trigonometry was needed and used for developing navigation because they were mapping the world as they had MANY trade routes , they had a lot of cartography uses for trigonometry as well as building use as they had developed architecture to build mosques and houses and buildings and hence it was studied and developed
