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.