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Page 78
... Christianity was a first attempt to bring together the Hebrew and the Greek spirits , but as the Roman Christians hardly understood the former and misun- derstood the latter thoroughly , the attempt was an utter failure . A good example ...
... Christianity was a first attempt to bring together the Hebrew and the Greek spirits , but as the Roman Christians hardly understood the former and misun- derstood the latter thoroughly , the attempt was an utter failure . A good example ...
Page 89
... Christians ) were marching at the head of mankind . Thanks to them Arabic was become not only the sacred language of the Qur'ān , the vehicle of God's own thoughts , but the inter- national language of science , the vehicle of human ...
... Christians ) were marching at the head of mankind . Thanks to them Arabic was become not only the sacred language of the Qur'ān , the vehicle of God's own thoughts , but the inter- national language of science , the vehicle of human ...
Page 95
... Christians , and far ahead ; now for the first time the situation was reversed . Indeed the Christians had already transferred most of the Arabic knowledge into Latin ; the translations from Arabic into Hebrew were naturally far less ...
... Christians , and far ahead ; now for the first time the situation was reversed . Indeed the Christians had already transferred most of the Arabic knowledge into Latin ; the translations from Arabic into Hebrew were naturally far less ...
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