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Al-Kindi defends philosophy and cumulative learning. Why does gratitude for earlier work not settle whether an argument is sound?
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Guided course · Module 6 · Lesson 29
Translation as philosophical creation
Hunayn ibn Ishaq revises a translation, and al-Kindi defends the pursuit of philosophy. The lesson shows how translation transforms an inheritance and asks what evidence separates real reception from a resemblance later readers notice.