Brownworth states that 40,000 of the 55,000 ancient Greek texts we possess today were copied by Byzantine scribes, arguing that without this effort Aristotle, Plato, and most of ancient Greek literature would have vanished. He uses this fact to directly rebut the claim that the Irish saved civilization.
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Episode 17 (9 mentions)
Brownworth states that 40,000 of the 55,000 ancient Greek texts we possess today were copied by Byzantine scribes, arguing that without this effort Aristotle, Plato, and most of ancient Greek literature would have vanished. He uses this fact to directly rebut the claim that the Irish saved civilization.