My interest and repeated study of hellenization (mostly its technological and linguistic aspects though, and much less the philosophical side) over the years made me miss the political and religious impact of the barbarian invasions. It shouldn't have because L. Sprague de Camp's Lest Darkness Fall was an old favorite. It's only recently, when an old friend (an informatician) started reading critical studies of the "early church" and talking of his "discoveries" that I was reminded that at the time Europe was a burbling pot of odd beliefs and that the "church" was weak and not even roman yet. I'm not sure if Aristotle had already been completely trampled down everywhere, at that time.
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Date: 24 Nov 2008 08:37 pm (UTC)