The Classical Heritage in Islam

ISBN-13: 9780415076937 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 322 str.

Frans Rosenthal; Franz Rosenthal; Jenny Marmorstein

Opis

'The Classical Heritage In Islam' reveals that the Muslim adoption of Greek works and ideas was not blind imitation or the haphazard acceptance of traditions but rather an original synthesis and a unique achievement.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Translation Technique and Textual Criticism; Chapter 2 Biography and Cultural History; Chapter 3 The Classification of the Sciences and Methods of Research and Teaching; Chapter 4 Philosophy; Chapter 5 Natural Science; Chapter 6 Medicine; Chapter 7 Geometry, Arithmetic and Optics; Chapter 8 Geography and Astronomy; Chapter 9 Musicology; Chapter 10 Mechanics; Chapter 11 The Occult Sciences; Chapter 12 Literature and Art;

O autorze

Rosenthal, Franz