Assuming (as seems tentatively probable) that techno-science has escaped civilizational particularity, the degree to which the West hurts Islam will be the degree to which the future allots it some respect.
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Hang on, why couldn't the West adopt Islam? The West existed for 1,000 years before it was taken over by a different Abrahamic religion.
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The West became interesting by processing out Abrahamic religion. It's in the process of throwing all of that away.
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The West became interesting because, coincidentally, Christianity became a vector for Aristotle. It's the latter that's important, not the former.
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Dogmatic Aristotelianism was an obstacle to the emergence of modern science (which is why the Reformation was indispensable to its emergence). ...
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You have a link?
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Thanks.
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Replying to @Outsideness @Cozworks and
... I read those when they first appeared, with great interest. Time for a reminder.
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