Post #3483254
2026-06-29 15:08 UTC
i think "tradional european values" is used by bigots as an euphemism for conservative christianism, but loose enough to include the ancient philosophers. That expression always pisses me off, first cos Albania is very much in europe but not christian. And then cos the enlightenment is thanks to the arab philosophers who kept copies of the ancient texts that the europeans had burnt down during the middle ages.
@akareilly@hachyderm.io
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@clew@ecoevo.social 2026-06-29 17:07
I would go even further: _translatio studii_ was and is powerful because it is always imperfect transmission. At each handoff we decide which parts of the old ways are useful or not. @pevinkinel@mastodon.social @akareilly@hachyderm.io