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الفكر العربي ومكانه في التاريخ
Excerpt from Arabic Thought and Its Place in History
On, developed, and modified by circumstances. As the Empire fell to pieces the body of culture became subject to varying conditions in different localities, of which the divergence between the Greek-speaking East and the Latin-speaking West is the most striking example. The introduction of Muslim influence through Spain is the one instance in which we seem to get an alien culture entering into this Roman tradition and exercising a disturbing influence. In fact, this Muslim culture was at bottom essentially a part of the hellenistic-roman material, even the theology of Islam being formulated and developed from Hellenistic sources, but Islam had so long lived apart from Christendom and its development had taken place in surroundings so different that it seems a strange and alien thing. Its greatest power lay in the fact that it presented the old material in an entirely fresh form.
On, developed, and modified by circumstances. As the Empire fell to pieces the body of culture became subject to varying conditions in different localities, of which the divergence between the Greek-speaking East and the Latin-speaking West is the most striking example. The introduction of Muslim influence through Spain is the one instance in which we seem to get an alien culture entering into this Roman tradition and exercising a disturbing influence. In fact, this Muslim culture was at bottom essentially a part of the hellenistic-roman material, even the theology of Islam being formulated and developed from Hellenistic sources, but Islam had so long lived apart from Christendom and its development had taken place in surroundings so different that it seems a strange and alien thing. Its greatest power lay in the fact that it presented the old material in an entirely fresh form.
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244 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1922
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February 17, 2022
بداية الكتاب كانت جيدة
لكن بعد ذلك يوجد ارتباك شديد و اعتقد ان السبب هو الترجمة.
لكن بعد ذلك يوجد ارتباك شديد و اعتقد ان السبب هو الترجمة.
October 5, 2014
A nice overview about arabic contributions in philosophy. Unfortunately mainly metaphysics and theology related to few, even if important, topics. A lot of other topics (for example engineering) regarding critical thinking are almost ignored.
October 8, 2025
الكتاب مليء بالأشواك والمغالطات التاريخية والتدليس المتعمد من المؤلف، وقد دأب المؤلف ونحا نحو المستشرقين المتعصبين ضد الإسلام والمسلمين. وأثمن دور المترجم أنه بيَّن ذلك في مقدمته، وأشار إلى أنه قد أوضح تلك المغالطات والتدليس في حاشية الكتاب. وقد افترى المؤلف على التصوف الإسلامي افتراءات عظيمًا، وألبسه ثياب الرهبانية المسيحية بأساليب استشراقية ملتوية. ويعيب الكتاب أنه من بعد النص الثاني من الكتاب نجد أن الترجمة تنحدر وتلبس ثياب الترجمة التي تحتاج إلى ترجمة أخرى لإيضاح المعنى المراد.
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October 23, 2011
A good place to get the basics on the origins and development of classical Middle Eastern philosophy.
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