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Greek Influence On Islam

Published on Nov 30, 2015

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GREEK INFLUENCE

Shavonne, Matthew, Hannah, Jay, Marissa
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MUSLIMS ADMIRED

  • Philosophical
  • Scientific
  • And medical writings of classical Greece
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MERGE

  • Muslims wanted to merge Islamic and Greek culture.
  • They had a special interest in Plato and Aristotle
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MUSLIM THINKERS...

  • Studied Greek philosophy
  • Reconsidered it
  • Applied to to their societal needs
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SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE

  • Ibn Rushd- Qada of Seville in the caliphate of Cordoba.
  • Al- Ghazali- considered philosophy unreliable because it was from humans
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RESISTANCE

  • Sufi al Ghazali rejected Greek mythology

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