Recently i had been exporing the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas the foremost scholar of Catholicism .. The Summa represents an encyclopaedia of articles that were written defending and reaffirming the correct stance with regards to the nature of God, principles of faith etc.. within the Catholic realm ..
Thomas defended the understanding of God that in some ways can be deemed as islamic Thomas going against other Catholic questioners and fitting interpretation of the bible to suit his stance. His dialogue/knowledge of Averoes and Ghazali is well known .. the infinite nature of God is reaffirmed and his Magnificence and Mercy also ....
One has to wonder how much influence the Muslim scholars had upon Thomas .... One can only wonder ..... his influence from the islamic scholars
Just as the book by Miskawy on the early theories of evolution were translated into English in 1821 and we wonder of how much that knowledge transpired onto Darwin, or the Literature influences of Persian literature and islamic hadith upon the "classics" plays of Europe .... The unfortunate Copernicus of Poland was "found out" caught red handed, in that his "plagiarism" was too exact but at the same time not citing any references when borrowing material .....
When medical knowledge was shipped too Europe as well as the translated works of the greeks and hellenistic thought via the "translation movement" Europe may be hiding somewhat more than can be seen ,,,,
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