Another interesting snippet:
Islamic learning in the middle ages was so far in advance
of the European traditions that the usage of Islamic knowledge
by Europe cannot be seen as other than a wholesale adoption of
an entire foundation of knowledge upon which the Later
Renaissance was constructed. In addition to the scholastic
contributions, such as the philosophy of Aristotle, there are four
specific areas of scientific specialisation which merit particular
attention, in the form of a specific review; the four most telling
fields of Arabic science being medicine, astronomy, physics
and chemistry.
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