tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post109413949734581720..comments2024-03-23T07:33:30.972+00:00Comments on Quodlibeta: Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594220073836613367noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-1110969898238660372005-03-16T10:44:00.000+00:002005-03-16T10:44:00.000+00:00you mention that 'Islamic madrasas were highly res...you mention that 'Islamic madrasas were highly restricted in what they could teach. Medicine, science, secular philosophy, civil law and even theology were all ruled out in favour of religious law'<BR/>if so why did early why were early muslim scholars so learned in the the subjects of mathematics and astronomy amongst others?<BR/>if if the learning of medecine was ruled out, how did muslim doctors come to know so much about different medicines especially especially the use of herbs, and most importantly the practise of cleanliness are patients.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-1094176835532384552004-09-03T03:00:00.000+01:002004-09-03T03:00:00.000+01:00Thanks for the answer on universities. You rule, m...Thanks for the answer on universities. You rule, man.<br /><br />Any chance you'll be passing through southern Italy? My mother's from Gaeta, refuge of Pope Pius IX, home to a great beach and to "the Split Mountain" (supposedly cracked when Christ died on the cross); St. Benedict's monastery is in Cassino; the gorgeous palace featured in Star Wars: the Phantom Menace is in Caserta; and there's Pompei just south of Napoli.<br /><br />If not this time, you must see southern Italy next time. Best to go with someone, of course.jack perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681558050302289235noreply@blogger.com