March 23, 2011

That unique Western quality.

As the leading historian J.M.Roberts put it: “The massive indifference of some civilisations and their lack of curiosity about other worlds is a vast subject. Why, until very recently, did Islamic scholars show no wish to translate Latin or western European texts into Arabic? . . . . It was not just greed which made Europeans feel they could go out and take the world. The love of gain is confined to no particular people or culture.
"The Curious Civilization." By Fjordman, Gates of Vienna, 3/23/11.

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