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Is there a start with the Greeks chart for Islamic literature/ philosophy? Tangentially, what's the best English edition of the kutub al-sittah

>> No.12205755

>>12205555
Muslims started with the Greeks too. The west only got them back because the Arabs preserved them.

>> No.12205794

>>12205755
That is by far the most retarded thing i ve seen on the internet.There are extremely few documents that survived in arabic transcripts only.

>> No.12205821

>>12205794
The most complete libraries were in the middle east.

>> No.12205845

>>12205821
That is different from saying that the west only got them back because the arabs preserved them.
Again,very few documents were available in the west only in arabic.Almost all of the greeks(that survived) were availble in latin or greek

>> No.12205855

>>12205845
From ancient Roman and Greek libraries preserved by early Islam.

>> No.12205901

>>12205855
No Ahmed you are wrong
The greek texts never left Europe
Did arabs copied them-yes
Did some of them survived only in arabic-yes
Did the west got them because the arabs preserved them-no
I do not know how simpler i can put it

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12205939

>>12205901
Also since you seem to be such a scholar you might want to go to wikipedia and change it.

>> No.12205968

>>12205755
persians and syriacs