[lit-ideas] Re: Opinion needed
- From: Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:53:09 -0700 (PDT)
So nobody except Europe contributed to civilization? Where does the 21st
century fit in in this panoply of perfection?
--- On Mon, 10/13/08, Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Opinion needed
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 5:29 PM
Chris cited: the ancient inventors from the Islamic
world did more than their share in paving the way
towards the progress of civilization as we know it.
I wonder how "their share" is calculated?
>>strides in mathematics, medicine, astronomy and
chemistry, to name a few, established foundations upon
which modern medicine, chemistry and physics are based
on. ..."
Yes, it's amazing how they developed the achievements
of Hellenistic scientists and made them their own. And
it's important one know this; otherwise, one might
think the culture heavily weighted toward
sword-wielding, women-abusing, slaving, sunstruck mad
sky-god thralls.
In other words, the preening description has the
"protest too much" quality that comes from someone with
an inferiority complex trying to promote
themselves...the same inferiority complex that shows up
in remarks by Bin Laden.
Why not assume essential dignity and move on? Otherwise
one must consider the old (inferiority-complex based)
Soviet claims of having invented the TV, the computer,
and everything else.
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