Geometry in Islamic History: Basic Idea, Key Claims (Essay Sample)

Geometry in Islamic History.
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Basic idea of the article.
This article is illustrating how geometry developed in Egypt and Mesopotamia. It explains how geometry idea was used in making famous Egyptian Pyramid. It also puts some emphasis on how Greece being very religious, believing in gods, combined the abstract thinking to produce monument of visual manifestation resembling sacred gods.
Key claims.
1 Rationality of history. The article explains the how the establishment of urban settling in states of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, has led to emergence of cities thus giving way to civilization. This began when people were trying their best to reason how they come to existence. This question was rhetorical and later the two states had come up with some deity myths to belief.
2 An Enlightenment of Europe. Here article explains how "the grand book" of Universe was argued to be written in the mathematical language of figures.
3 Return of oppressed. This concept is proponed to have gained its roots after the realization of human self-consciousness, going through several historical periods, cultures and civilization.
4 Return of oppressed. It explains the steps that were followed by human thinking up to civilization.
Support of author(s) claims.
1 The Author of history of rationality supports this claim by connecting it to emergence of showing how this exact thinking gave rise to formation of Islamic idols to worship. Also the Greek rationality seemed to be shortlisted after emergence of Roman Empire which paved way to Christianity.
2 Enlightening of European is supported by showing how the thinker and catholic theology led to its development.
3 On Hegel’s diversion, the claim connotes that it’s true when pedigree of History was established; there was close link between modern European and ancient Greek.
4 On point of return of oppressed, its support is that it’s true that civilization has to go through a number of steps before it comes to be complete.
Key Quotes.
1 "written in the language of mathematics and its characters are triangle, circles and other geometric figures… without these one is wandering about in the dark labyrinth”(Galileo,1623,p.5)
2 "The spirit of Europe (the Germany spirit) is the absolute Truth that determines or realizes itself through itself without owing anything to anyone." (Enrique Dussel, 1998,p.3)
3 The idea that began its journey with the pyramids of Egypt, about 2600 BC, entered Greece about 23300 years later and transformed geometry into an Exact abstract reasoning device" (Issam &Ayse, 1976,p.1)
My view.
After I have analyzed this article the concept of rat...