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    From the Evening of the East to the Dawn of the West
    The Proceedings of the Twenty-First World Congress of Philosophy 10 107-115. 2007.
    Why did philosophy and the sciences in the East lose their momentum and enthusiasm in the 12th century, leaving the West to take the most importantprogressive steps from the 17th century up to the present day? Can these two intellectual traditions be separated from each other to such an extent as to justify today's theses of conflict? If they cannot be separated, how can the historical events that place these theses on the agenda can be explained? The aim of this short study is to try to find an…Read more
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    From the Evening of the East to the Dawn of the West
    The Proceedings of the Twenty-First World Congress of Philosophy 10 107-115. 2007.
    Why did philosophy and the sciences in the East lose their momentum and enthusiasm in the 12th century, leaving the West to take the most importantprogressive steps from the 17th century up to the present day? Can these two intellectual traditions be separated from each other to such an extent as to justify today's theses of conflict? If they cannot be separated, how can the historical events that place these theses on the agenda can be explained? The aim of this short study is to try to find an…Read more