| Description |
xx, 298 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Arabic thought and culture |
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Arabic thought and culture.
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| Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Translation technique and textual criticism -- Biography and cultural history -- The classification of the sciences and methods of research and teaching -- Philosophy -- Natural science -- Medicine -- Geometry, arithmetic and optics -- Geography and astronomy -- Musicology -- Mechanics -- The occult sciences -- Literature and art |
| Analysis |
Religion |
| Notes |
Selected texts, translated from Arabic, with introductions by the editor |
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Translation of: Das Fortleben der Antike im Islam |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Islamic civilization -- Greek influences.
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Islamic learning and scholarship.
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| LC no. |
95109413 |
| ISBN |
0415076935 |
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