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Abstract

The rise of Western civilization is rarely depicted from the formation of its worldview. The West is composite of various elements such as Greek, Roman Empire, Germany, France, Celtic, English, Christianity, Judaism, and other European cultures, but the factor that brought about the rise of the West was not simply of those elements. This paper examines three factors that contribute mostly to the rise of the West, namely Greek, Christianity and Islamic worldview. The salient result is the Islamic worldview on the ground that the Muslims had creatively translated, modified, selected, and made commentary of different foreign works and came up with new knowledge in diversified fields but accord with Islamic worldview. The new knowledge that had been tinted with Islamic worldview penetrated the Western minds through various channels, the most important of which was translation. As a result, the Western scholars were able to develop various scientific concepts that subsequently able to establish different schools and universities, pivotal agents for the rise of Western civilization.