Before and After Muhammad by Garth Fowden

Author:Garth Fowden [Fowden, Garth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2013-06-01T06:00:00+00:00

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EXEGETICAL CULTURES 1

ARISTOTELIANISM

Above all the Greeks is the wise Porphyry held in honour,

the master of all sciences, after the likeness of the godhead.

In all fields of knowledge did the great Plato too shine out,

and likewise subtle Democritus and the glorious Socrates,

the astute Epicurus and Pythagoras the wise

so too Hippocrates the great, and the wise Galen.

But exalted above these all is Aristotle,

surpassing all in his knowledge, both predecessors and successors:

entire wisdom did he contain in his books and writings,

making philosophy a single body, perfect and complete.

What was written concerning the wise Solomon found its fulfillment in him:

“none in any age was wise like he.”

—David bar Paulos (later eighth century) (tr. S. Brock1)

He bestrode antiquity like an intellectual colossus. No one before him had contributed so much to learning. No man after him might aspire to rival his achievements.

—J. Barnes, Aristotle (2000) 1

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