I think you can make the case that Islamic people partly enabled the European Renaissance. There was a library in Alhambra (?) that preserved original Greek and Christian writings. I wonder if they were copied by hand in order to make them more widely available.
--- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 5:04 PM uǝlƃ ☤>$ <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah, I thought that, too. But either way, this is the only recent article > I've found that talks about how the enlightenment isn't a Western > Exceptionalist thing. I've heard some black radicals claim that several > other cultures have had something similar at other times and to other > extents. But I'm not well read enough to know where, when, who, etc. > > > On 9/10/21 3:58 PM, Prof David West wrote: > > It seems somewhat limiting to, even partially, equate 'enlightenment' > with critical philosophy as this article does. The efflorescence of ideas, > of sciences (especially astronomy, math, and medicine), and arts that > occurred in the Islamic world long before the European Renaissance would > seem a better foundation to conclude that Islam was already enlightened > during (and before) the European Middle Ages. > > > > davew > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2021, at 2:26 PM, uǝlƃ ☤>$ wrote: > >> > >> Are Islamic philosophers critical of authority? > >> > https://www.newstatesman.com/international/2021/09/are-islamic-philosophers-critical-authority > >> > >> "All this sheds an interesting light on a frequently asked question, > >> which is why the Islamic world never experienced something like the > >> European Enlightenment. Of course, that's a complicated issue. But part > >> of the answer might simply be this: to the extent that 'enlightenment' > >> involves the emergence of intellectuals who step back from the typical > >> views of their society, and critically evaluate prevailing religious > >> and philosophical ideas, the Islamic world was already 'enlightened' > >> during the European Middle Ages." > > > -- > ☤>$ uǝlƃ > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >
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