Editing Ancient Greek philosophy (section)

== Transmission of Greek philosophy in the medieval period ==
{{Main|Arab transmission of the Classics to the West}}
{{See also|Early Islamic philosophy|Latin translations of the 12th century}}
During the [[Middle Ages]], Greek ideas were largely forgotten in Western Europe due to the decline in [[literacy]] during the [[Migration Period]]. In the [[Byzantine Empire]], however, Greek ideas were preserved and studied. [[Islamic philosophy|Islamic philosophers]] such as [[Al-Kindi]] (Alkindus), [[Al-Farabi]] (Alpharabius), Ibn Sina ([[Avicenna]]) and Ibn Rushd ([[Averroes]]) also reinterpreted these works after the [[caliph]]s authorized the gathering of Greek manuscripts and hired translators to increase their prestige. During the [[High Middle Ages]] Greek philosophy re-entered the West through both [[Latin translations of the 12th century|translations from Arabic to Latin]] and original Greek manuscripts from the [[Byzantine Empire]].<ref>Lindberg, David. (1992) ''The Beginnings of Western Science''. University of Chicago Press. [https://books.google.com/books?id=dPUBAkIm2lUC&pg=PA162 p. 162].</ref> The re-introduction of these philosophies, accompanied by the new Arabic commentaries, had a great influence on [[Medieval philosophy|Medieval philosophers]] such as [[Thomas Aquinas]].