Europe was in the long slumber of the Dark Ages, the Roman Empire was in tatters, and the Greek language was all but forgotten, until a group of Arab, Jewish, and Christian scholars rediscovered and translated the works of Aristotle. His ideas spread across Europe like wildfire, offering the scientific point of view that the natural world, including the soul of man, was a proper subject of study. The Catholic Church convulsed, and riots took place at the universities of Paris and Oxford.
Richard Rubenstein recounts with energy and vigor this magnificent story of the intellectual ferment that planted the seeds of the scientific age in Europe and reflects our own struggles with faith and reason.
- ISBN10 0151007209
- ISBN13 9780151007202
- Publish Date 15 October 2003
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 January 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Harcourt Brace International
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English