Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat's the most globally impactful book ever written? EXCLUDING RELIGIOUS BOOKS.message-squaremessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down13
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most globally impactful book ever written? EXCLUDING RELIGIOUS BOOKS.Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square45linkfedilink
minus-squarelgsp@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoI think one from either Plato or Aristotle: they shaped the way of thinking of people afterwards, up to now
minus-squareVoidian@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoOf western people. Particularly Christian people.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoPlato and Aristotle were also major influences on Arabic philosophy.
minus-squareVoidian@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoTrue. But important to remember their legacy isn’t the only one, just the one that most western people have been deeply exposed to.
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoAlso important to remember that there weren’t any books back then.
I think one from either Plato or Aristotle: they shaped the way of thinking of people afterwards, up to now
Of western people. Particularly Christian people.
Plato and Aristotle were also major influences on Arabic philosophy.
True. But important to remember their legacy isn’t the only one, just the one that most western people have been deeply exposed to.
Also important to remember that there weren’t any books back then.