Raymond Levine
Lost Enlightenment: Polymaths from the Centre of the World
Summary
In this talk, Raymond Levine takes a look at a golden age of Islamic culture and learning, delving into an era of prosperity. He highlights prominent figures of the period and examines its impact on European thought and culture. He also addresses misconceptions surrounding this era and discusses the factors that contributed to its decline.
Raymond Levine
Raymond Levine has been a practicing lawyer in London for over 50 years. He is now retired, at least officially. Having read law at Oxford University, he has spent his precious spare time over many years reading more interesting and exciting things, on topics such as history, philosophy, religion, mythology, and even occasionally science. Apart from a little law, he claims no particular expertise in any of them. Nonetheless he is an advocate of the idea that all things are interconnected and hopes to develop this line of thought in an informative and entertaining way.