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On the neglect of archery.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)

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| September 01, 2007 | O'Rourke, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2007 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

SIR: "He [Pope Benedict] has been attacked by Western critics for arguing that, among the major religions, Catholicism [sic: pre-Protestant Latin Christianity] offered a unique blend of obedience to God (faith) and Greek philosophy (reason), and this blend 'created' Europe." Thus Paul Monk in his article "Atheism; Music and Civilisation" (July-August 2007). I'm not sure whether I'm quarrelling with His Holiness or Mr Monk. And forgive me if I pounce upon an obiter dictum, but this claim is very silly indeed.

No unique blend of faith and Greek philosophy in post-Alexandrian Judaism? Nor in Islam, whose scholars were so devoted to reason that several of the most important Greek texts are most authoritatively known via Arabic? No unique blend in Orthodoxy, the very fount ...

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