Monday, August 24, 2020

Aristotle and the Arab Philosophers: a Case of Cultural Exaggeration



Aristotle
                                                                             

There are two truths about which many in the Muslim & Arabic speaking societies may not be aware: first, those philosophers in whom many Arabs and Muslims take great pride, such as Avicenna, Al-Farabi and Averroes, are considered infidels by the overwhelming majority of Muslim jurists…and second, the writings and ideas of Averroes and those like him revolved around the thinking of Aristotle, without which their own ideas would lack creativity.

 



                                                             Avicenna                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Al Farabi

Averroes

2 comments:

  1. I English: little knowledge is a dangerous thing
    وبالعربية: ولا تقف ما ليس لك به علمك إن السمع والبصر والفؤاد كل أولئك كان عنه مسئولا

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  2. In English little knowledge is a dangerous thing
    وبالعربية: ولا تقف ما ليس لك به علمك إن السمع والبصر والفؤاد كل أولئك كان عنه مسئولا

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