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George Alfred Leon Sarton était un historien des sciences américain d'origine belge. Il a écrit plusieurs classiques de l’histoire des sciences et est considéré comme le père du développement de l’histoire des sciences aux États-Unis.

Il est le père de l'écrivain et poétesse américaine May Sarton. Wikipedia  

✵ 31. août 1884 – 22. mars 1956
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“[Certains historiens] disent avec désinvolture « les Arabes se sont bornés à traduire les écrits grecs, ils étaient des imitateurs assidus, et d'ailleurs, les traductions ne furent pas faites par eux-mêmes mais par des Chrétiens et des Juifs »… Cela n’est pas totalement faux, mais c’est une partie si infime de la vérité, que, quand on ne dit que cela, c’est pire qu’un mensonge.”

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[some historians] glibly say "the Arabs simply translated Greek writings, they were industrious imitators, and by the way, the translations were not made by themselves but by Christians and Jews"... This is not absolutely untrue, but is such a small part of the truth, that when it is allowed to stand alone, it is worse than a lie.
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“The whole iconography of ancient science is simply the fruit of wishful thinking.”

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Preface.
A History of Science Vol.2 Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C. (1959)

“Men of science have made abundant mistakes of every kind; their knowledge has improved only because of their gradual abandonment of ancient errors, poor approximations, and premature conclusions.”

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Preface.
A History of Science Vol.2 Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C. (1959)

“The rationalism of the creative minds was tempered by abundant fantasies, and the supreme beauty of the monuments was probably spoiled by the circumambient vanities and ugliness; in a few cases the Greeks came as close to perfection as it was possible to do, yet they were human and imperfect.”

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Preface.
A History of Science Vol.1 Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece (1952)