THE RENAISSANCE DID NOT INHERIT DIRECTLY FROM THE TEACHINGS OF GREEK CIVILIZATION AFTER A DARK PERIOD SOMETIMES CALLED THE IRON AGE, CHRISTIANITY IS NOT AN EXTENSION OF THE HELLENIC GENIUS, NOR IS ST. THOMAS THE SUCCESSOR OF ARISTOTLE. GALILEO DID NOT, IN THE 17TH CENTURY, RESTART THE EVOLUTION OF SCIENCE, LEFT IN ABEYANCE BY THE DEATH OF ARCHIMEDES IN THE 3RD CENTURY BC, THE SPLENDID ISOLATION OF THE WEST IS A FRAUD. IT WAS THE MUSLIM WORKS FROM SPAIN AND SICILY THAT BROUGHT CIVILIZATION TO LIFE.