> A lot of Greek texts were translated and preserved by Arab scholars, nobody speaks of "Arab roots" of our culture. By the time Arab translations of Greek and

> A lot of Greek texts were translated and preserved by Arab scholars, nobody speaks of "Arab roots" of our culture. By the time Arab translations of Greek and Roman works were rediscovered by the West, the synthesis of Classical culture with Christianity had already been complete for centuries. So, the Arab contribution did not greatly affect the popular narrative. > Judaism? Not so much. If anything reached us of Judaism it was already entirely contained and transformed by Christianity. Certainly the impact of Judaism on the West is small compared to Christianity. But Spinoza, who came out of a Jewish intellectual tradition, was one of the founding figures of the Enlightenment.