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Muslim Spain had written one of the brightest pages in the history of…
Quote byThomas Adam · 1701–1784
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Preaching of Islam, 131.
English (original)
Muslim Spain had written one of the brightest pages in the history of Medieval Europe. Her influence had passed through Provence into the other countries of Europe, bringing into birth a new poetry and a new culture, and it was from here that Christian scholars received what of Greek philosophy and science they had to stimulate their mental activity up to the time of the Renaissance.
— Thomas Adam
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