Alexandria, School of - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Adamson, Peter
Leiden
Brill
(2,185 words)
The School of Alexandria , the late antique institution for the teaching of philosophy and medicine, deeply influenced the development of those fields in the Muslim world. 1. The school in late antiquity The famous Alexandrian School of philosophy and medicine had its origin in the prosperous intellectual climate of the Ptolemaic dynasty, the successors to Alexander the Great in Egypt. In late antiquity, as a preeminent seat of higher education, it had a far-reaching impact on the educated class in Greek territories and also in other regions such as