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... Arabic contribu- tions to knowledge would be too long to be inserted here , but I must insist on the fact that , though a major part of the activity of Arabic - writing scholars consisted in the translation of Greek works and their ...
... Arabic contribu- tions to knowledge would be too long to be inserted here , but I must insist on the fact that , though a major part of the activity of Arabic - writing scholars consisted in the translation of Greek works and their ...
Page 94
... Arabic scientific literature which they were not aware of . Moreover under the stimulus of the Arabic writings , some trans- lators took pains to rediscover the Greek originals , and their translations straight from the Greek fol- lowed ...
... Arabic scientific literature which they were not aware of . Moreover under the stimulus of the Arabic writings , some trans- lators took pains to rediscover the Greek originals , and their translations straight from the Greek fol- lowed ...
Page 95
... Arabic knowledge into Latin ; the translations from Arabic into Hebrew were naturally far less abundant , and hence the non- Arabic speaking Jews of western Europe were not only in a position of political inferiority ( the Crusades had ...
... Arabic knowledge into Latin ; the translations from Arabic into Hebrew were naturally far less abundant , and hence the non- Arabic speaking Jews of western Europe were not only in a position of political inferiority ( the Crusades had ...
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