Rise of Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West

Author	: Makdisi George Makdisi
Publisher	: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages	: 208
Release	: 2019-08-05
ISBN-10	: 9781474470650
ISBN-13	: 1474470653
Rating	: 4/5 (653 Downloads)

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Download or read book Rise of Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West written by Makdisi George Makdisi and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging beliefs about intellectual culture, Makdisi reaffirms the links between Western and Arabic thought and shows that although scholasticism and humanism have long been considered to be exclusive to the Western world, they have their roots in the medieval Islamic world.

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