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Origen :"we should philosophise and collate with all our powers every writings of the ancients,whetever philosphers or poets, excepting and rejecting nothing, SAVE THE WRITINGS OF THE ATHEISTS, but giving a FAIR hearing to ALL."

I mean I get that he tried to make philosophy propaedeutic to theology, but still,checking the atheist writings from research could've been insightful,oh wait it's middle ages era,nevermind

acknowledgement of gnosticism?? alright

so far good,but I don't agree with a statement in the introduction part that the Dark Ages alone created the fundation for future humanity achievements💀,yeah they have added their part of ground but let's not pretend like time before that era-for example Antiquity or earlier did not provide anything forward in terms of cultural valors which weren't,mind you, forgotten or deliberately destroyed