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What's the most globally impactful book ever written? EXCLUDING RELIGIOUS BOOKS.

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What's the most globally impactful book ever written? EXCLUDING RELIGIOUS BOOKS.

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Of western people. Particularly Christian people.
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  Plato and Aristotle were also major influences on Arabic philosophy.
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    True. But important to remember their legacy isn’t the only one, just the one that most western people have been deeply exposed to.
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      Also important to remember that there weren’t any books back then.

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