ABSTRACT
We have shown in the previous chapter the signs of the approaching tide of Arabism, commencing as it did in distant murmurs which gradually developed into the full tide of Arabic teaching in the Latin West. As will be demonstrated later, the Arabic teaching in the West of Europe did not convey to the mediaeval mind a true conception of European thought; nevertheless, it were these “perversions”, as they are sometimes called, that eventually exercised a dominating influence over the medical system of Europe and over learning generally.
