 | Stephen J. Spignesi - 2002 - 374 стор.
...regarding the works housed in the library: // these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.2 This single event — the destruction of the library — did not alone usher... | |
 | Dan Richardson, Daniel Jacobs, Jessica Jacobs - 2003 - 892 стор.
...destruction as proof of Arab barbarism. An apocryphal tale had the Muslim leader Amr pronouncing: "If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran...preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed". Pompey's Pillar and the Catacombs of Kom es-Shoqafa The poor Karnious quarter... | |
 | Stephen J. Spignesi - 2004 - 370 стор.
...regarding the works housed in the library: // these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved; if they disagree, they are perniciotts, and ought to be destroyed2 This single event — the destruction of the library — did... | |
 | Alan Gurney - 2007 - 338 стор.
...remaining libraries. "If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of God," replies the Caliph, "they are useless and need not be preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed." The Caliph's Catch-22. And destroyed they were — to heat the public baths.... | |
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If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed. 
