
HoP 360 - Dag N. Hasse on Arabic Learning in the Renaissance
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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The Evolution of Avaros
There was a cult of expertism surrounding Avaros. You need to be a thoroughgoing expert to do this, he says. There are probably more people in the 15th and 16th century Europe who understood Avaros' theory of the intellect than there are now. And that's very interesting because it doesn't fit with our concept of Renaissance philosophy.
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