RE: Aristotle and Islam
June 29, 2016 at 5:31 pm
(This post was last modified: June 29, 2016 at 5:53 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The umma wasn't any friendlier to knowledge that ran counter to their own narrative. I have no interest in excusing the catholics for their horseshit, but I'm also not interested in any retconning where the islamic empire was a beacon of thought and discovery. It wasn't. Their newly acquired scribes managed to preserve -some- of what was lost, and they failed to execute a few displaced peoples who were told to convert or die, who later commented on indian systems that became known as algebra, for example. Their medical knowledge? Galen (and company)....a source of great shame when you point to galens words in their magic book.
That was the extent of their contribution...as a faith..which has since been inexcusably inflated. Mostly by themselves. Sure, they had their heads screwed on tighter than the christians, for a time...but is that saying much? Their order to conquered peoples wasn't even -about- preserving knowledge, it was about preserving the appearance of legitimacy as a tradition of texts and scribes and history...and they knew that no one could read it in the first place...least of which themselves.
The affrontery in all of this (not from you, mind you, lol) is that they effectively stole persia and greece...and then....and now..attempted to take credit for what remained after wanton destruction, by ordering their captives to translate it into arabic.
That was the extent of their contribution...as a faith..which has since been inexcusably inflated. Mostly by themselves. Sure, they had their heads screwed on tighter than the christians, for a time...but is that saying much? Their order to conquered peoples wasn't even -about- preserving knowledge, it was about preserving the appearance of legitimacy as a tradition of texts and scribes and history...and they knew that no one could read it in the first place...least of which themselves.
The affrontery in all of this (not from you, mind you, lol) is that they effectively stole persia and greece...and then....and now..attempted to take credit for what remained after wanton destruction, by ordering their captives to translate it into arabic.
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