Socrates, Plato and Aristotle are the three giants of western philosophy.
Whole of the western world view sort of sits on these three names.
These are pre-Islamic figures.
After the advent of Islam some Muslim thinkers introduced them to the Muslim intellectual world.
And that is where these Muslim thinkers perpetuated a tragedy.
They presented these philosophers in a light that went beyond their status.
And hence the Muslim world, till today, remains in awe of these philosophers.
They certainly were great thinkers of their own times, and they were ahead of their times, perhaps much ahead but that is all there is to it.
Do credit them for the modern western progress.
Then also blame them for the disaster that the west is at present.
That way you might come closer to the reality of their stature.
Whole of the western world view sort of sits on these three names.
These are pre-Islamic figures.
After the advent of Islam some Muslim thinkers introduced them to the Muslim intellectual world.
And that is where these Muslim thinkers perpetuated a tragedy.
They presented these philosophers in a light that went beyond their status.
And hence the Muslim world, till today, remains in awe of these philosophers.
They certainly were great thinkers of their own times, and they were ahead of their times, perhaps much ahead but that is all there is to it.
Do credit them for the modern western progress.
Then also blame them for the disaster that the west is at present.
That way you might come closer to the reality of their stature.