Essays Biographical, Critical, And Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler ...
Essays Biographical, Critical, And Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler ...
Nathan Drake
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It is to the literature of Arabia, however, that the western world owes its resu^itation from a state of extreme torpor and imbecility ; and if it were long before the philosophy and science of the Mohammedans made their due impression on the clouded intellects of Europe, still longer w^ it ere the fictions and the fancy of the Ea^t were allowed to mingle with the songs q£ the Harper, or the tales of the Trouveur. Yet with the more solid and abstruse learning pf the Arabians was combined no sma...ll portion of lawless imagination and striking superstition, and which, in t)ie eleventh century, when curio- sity was awakened, and a more direct communi- cation was opened with the disciples of Moham- med, had a powerful effect on minds just roused y Google 238 ON THE PABLE^ fMAGEItV^ from the skimber of ages. To the doctrineg of Greece, as displayed in the writings of her phi- losophers, mathematicians, and physicians, Ata- bia added much from her own stores, mtxch of what was usefnl, and much that was tinged with the hues of fancy and credulity.
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