Re: Influence of Islam on Renaissance

[Popeyesays]

I think the point being raised is that to the largest extent Christian monasteries and libraries did not preserve Greek and Roman philosophy in their collections. This is because the ecclesiastical hermits considered such things trivial compared to treatises on Christianity and the pre-Christian scholars were severely short-changed. It was the libraries of the Islamic Empire that preserved most of the written material we now refer to as Greek philosophy and literature. Therefore, we owe the existence of these documents (in the most part) to the Islamic respect for philosophy and history and THEIR efforts to preserve the material.

In that way it is obvious that the Renascence (British spelling) owes its very heart and soul to Islam rather than Christendom. ----------
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