alleryStart learning →Al-Biruni read Plato in Arabic translation because he did not know
ASyriac
BGreek
CHebrew
DSanskrit
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Greek
He knew Syriac, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew and Sanskrit but not Greek, so Greek philosophy reached him in Arabic.
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