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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2785355, member: 84744&quot;]Very interesting post, thank you!&nbsp; I had wondered very much about how good the evidence was concerning the library and Caesar&#039;s alleged destruction of it. (Still pretty sketchy, but not as bad as I thought.)&nbsp; The biggest surprise to me, however, was that the preservation of ancient literature did not much depend on the Arab --&gt; Alfonso X route.&nbsp; I suppose this route did play some role in fueling the Renaissance, just not so much a work-preservation role; more a fostering-interest role.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think we can all regret the suppression of scholarship in most any form, also the loss of Epicurus etc. due to the neglect of Christian scholars.&nbsp; It struck me that your laudatory efforts to rehabilitate the Christians from Gibbon&#039;s and Sagan&#039;s smears went perhaps a bit too far. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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