Modern science was a direct result of Aristotelian empiricism. Just because Aquinas stumbled upon Aristotle and "rediscovered" AKA plagiarized his work doesn't mean the Catholics deserve any credit. If the Church hadn't spent centuries burning "heretics" and "pagan writings" maybe it wouldn't have needed to "rediscover" the wisdom of the previous era.
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Modern science was a direct result of Aristotelian empiricism. Just because Aquinas stumbled upon Aristotle and "rediscovered" AKA plagiarized his work doesn't mean the Catholics deserve any credit. If the Church hadn't spent centuries burning "heretics" and "pagan writings" maybe it wouldn't have needed to "rediscover" the wisdom of the previous era.
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It's from Life of Brian, which ignorance of on Slashdot is like an ancient Greek not knowing Homer.
Sigh... mod parent informative, but with prejudice....