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Originally Posted by All-American
And yes, we do still disagree about the Greek's place in the history of the study of science. Quite simply, you overemphasize it. The Greeks are a fundamental, innovative, groundbreaking link in the chain. They continued the intellectual inheritances they received from their predecessors, just as the Romans did from the Greeks. As far as you're concerned, history as we know it begins with the Greeks. Much credit is to be given to Hellenic society, but not THAT much credit.
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What's the debate about Greek science. Just that SU thinks the Greeks had a bigger role than AA does? Are we talking pre-Socratic Milesian theorists or Hellenistic Ptolemaic court practicioners?