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Were Byzantine commentaries on ancient Greek philosophical works meant to "update," or "Christianize" the philosophies for contemporary medieval audiences, or did they just try to explain the philosophical ideas better than the original authors had?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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