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I think you mean they preserved Greek and Roman knowledge, which was the basis of the Renaissance. The Enlightenment was a few hundred years later, and consiste
by philipov 7y ago
I think you mean they preserved Greek and Roman knowledge, which was the basis of the Renaissance. The Enlightenment was a few hundred years later, and consisted of new ideas.
- barry-cotter 7y agoThey didn’t just preserve Greek and Roman knowledge. Averroes, Avicenna, the Mutazilites, al-Razi, Maimonides, al-Farabi and others made enormous and original contributions to philosophy, medicine, chemistry and other fields. The Renaissance and the Enlightenment would have been unrecognizably different without the contributions of the thinkers of the Islamic world.
- missosoup 7y agoCan you suggest some reading materials to those who want to know more about this?
- barry-cotter 7y agoMy knowledge of this period is very shallow and mostly comes from the History of Phiosophy Without Any Gaps podcast. Lost Enlightenment is probably the best place to start. https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00F8MIJMQ/geneexpressio-20 https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00F8MIJMQ/geneexpre...