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The works of Aristotle were translated from Greek to Arabic by Islamic scholars in the early Middle Ages, mostly pre-dating the Latin translations, and they wer
by joshuaissac 5y ago
The works of Aristotle were translated from Greek to Arabic by Islamic scholars in the early Middle Ages, mostly pre-dating the Latin translations, and they were sometimes the source from which the Latin translations were made.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recovery_of_Aristotle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recovery_of_Aristotle
2. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/arabic-islamic-influence/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/arabic-islamic-influence/
- jhgb 5y agoBut people never forgot Greek. It was, and still is, a living language. (Not to mention the undesirability of second-hand translations...)
- dr_dshiv 5y agoGreek Orthodox; Roman Catholics forgot Greek. Until Marsilio Ficino translated Plato to Latin around 1450, Plato had been effectively lost in the west for 1000 years.