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... writing , the safe transmission and preservation of knowledge were impossible . Progress implies safe keeping of what we already have . Without writing , the accumulation of knowl- edge was precarious and limited , progress small and ...
... writing , the safe transmission and preservation of knowledge were impossible . Progress implies safe keeping of what we already have . Without writing , the accumulation of knowl- edge was precarious and limited , progress small and ...
Page 86
... writings , this one in Andalusia , another in the Maghrib , another in Egypt , and so forth . Thus ( and also because of the common lan- guage ) scientific knowledge obtained in any part of Islām was transmitted with astounding celerity ...
... writings , this one in Andalusia , another in the Maghrib , another in Egypt , and so forth . Thus ( and also because of the common lan- guage ) scientific knowledge obtained in any part of Islām was transmitted with astounding celerity ...
Page 96
... writings was Greek ; their Arabic elab- orations had been translated into Latin and had in- spired new Latin treatises ; these treatises were now translated into Hebrew . From East to East via the West ! But other cycles were even more ...
... writings was Greek ; their Arabic elab- orations had been translated into Latin and had in- spired new Latin treatises ; these treatises were now translated into Hebrew . From East to East via the West ! But other cycles were even more ...
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