““If living philosophy was dead in Greek and had, furthermore, failed to be transplanted and to acquire an independent status in other languages, what survived were its physical remains in the form of manuscripts and libraries,8 as well as certain – much reduced, enfeebled, and diluted – philosophical curricula and theological applications, primarily of logical studies, in various schools and communities throughout the area that was to come under Muslim rule and be politically reunited for the first time since Alexander the Great.””
![“Certainly the most significant of [the political, social and ideological currents playing a role in the development of philosophical texts in Arabic] was the development of Islamic theology and the intense debate among the various groups and individuals about its eventual orientation.” quote by Dimitri Gutas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e51/dimitri-gutas-30388_islam_certainly-the-most-significant-of-the-po_149792.jpg)
![“, the core of [Al-Kindi's] philosophical enterprise was centered in the geometrical approach to the solution of all problems associated with metaphysics and cosmology. This focus explains the fragmentary nature of the translations from Proclus and Plotinus that he commissioned, just as it explains…” quote by Dimitri Gutas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4bc/dimitri-gutas-30388_business_the-core-of-al-kindi-s-philosophical-ent_270059.jpg)
