interesting philosopher

[jverne]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ma'arri

Al-Ma?arri (full name in Arabic: أبو العلاء أحمد بن عبد الله بن سليمان التنوخي المعري, Abu al-ʿAlāʾ Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sulaimān al-Tanūkhī al-Maʿarri, December 26, 973?May 10 or May 21, 1057) was a blind Arab [1] philosopher, poet and writer. He is also known as The Eastern Lucretius. He was a controversial rationalist of his time and he denounced Islam as a travesty.

not bad considering he was "only" 200-300 years after islam was invented.

 

[delusional]

Islam was a very different religion during the middle ages. Islam fostered the growth of scientific knowledge, either produced by themselves or borrowed from the Indians. Hell, it was a muslim who gave birth to the scientific method.

 

[Solaris]

Islam was a very different religion during the middle ages. Islam fostered the growth of scientific knowledge, either produced by themselves or borrowed from the Indians. Hell, it was a muslim who gave birth to the scientific method.

I thought that was that hippocratese fellow.

 

[delusional]

I thought that was that hippocratese fellow.

Nope it was Ibn al-Haytham

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Haytham

 

[Raziaar]

Coolest mother ****ing Islamic person ever.

 

[Vegeta897]

HEY RAZ MAYBE WE SHOULD PLAY THAT GAME SOME TIME

fag

 

[Raziaar]

Hey maybe if you didn't always declare war on the Islamic factions every time right off the bat.

IN FACT. YOU DECLARED WAR ON SALADIN AND MADE ME FIGHT HIM!

And it wasn't going so well! Because we weakened ourselves on him even though we eventually destroyed him and now the rest of the world is going to punish us for your hate crimes.

 

[Vegeta897]

Nobody liked Saladin. People were already pissed at him. I think.

 

[jverne]

as for the scientific method...we have to take into account that alot of knowledge came from greek philosophers.

 

[Raziaar]

Islamic nations were Economic and Cultural powerhouses during the middle ages.

 

[Ravioli]

أبو العلاء أحمد بن عبد الله بن سليمان التنوخي المعري

imagine the handcramp he gets when signing autographs or all the "sign your name here" spaces on all the contract papers in the bank.


Yes i know he lived long before modern banks even existed, its just a joke jeez.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Coolest mother ****ing Islamic person ever.

SOUTH COMES THE ENGLISH KING AND HIS INFIDEL ARMY. THEY LEAVE HORRORS IN THEIR WAKE. SALADIN RIDES TO MEET HIM, THAT THESE BARBAROUS ACTS MIGHT BE AVENGED. PRAY THAT GOD, GLORIOUS AND EXALTED IS HE, FIND FAVOR WITH US, THAT HE MAY GRANT US VICTORY.

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