yes and it was the renaissance that he inspired after the christian spaniards had driven the Muslim scholars from Spain and found the various translations of Aristotle, and many other greek, roman, Alexandrian, Jewish and many more. they were then translated and with the arrival of printing started the education revolution.
a truly remarkable person was Aristotle his blood we should have in a bottle he could understand fish, and make quite a dish of fish eyes and branches of wattle.
I'm not very learned but like your vicar I've had an enduring passion for this subject.
