The Chinese had general scientific theories but generally developed a medieval science that accepted Aristotle as the ultimate authority.Uhh, you might want to modify this some way.
I don't think Aristotle's philosophy ever made it to the Middle Kingdon.
LOL. Yes. Sorry. I made a typing error. The Chinese developed few general scientific theories based on their knowledge, and medieval schience largely accepted Aristotle as the ultimate authority. In the Arabic world there was much discussion in this area, but it would seem that the principles by which they comprehended the world were formed under the combined influence of Aristotelianism and Neo-Platonism. The Arabic scholars did remarkable word, especially in mathematics--in trigonometry and alegebra, for example, and in astronomy....
So much for shortcuts.