From Lucian to the Galileo Project: A Continuum of Openness to Other Worlds in Middle Eastern Thought
To the point
Middle Eastern and Islamic thought has long entertained life beyond Earth, from ancient stories like Lucian’s True Story and the adventures of Bulukiya to thinkers such as Ibn Arabi and Zakariya al-Qazwini and on to modern inquiry by Avi Loeb, showing a persistent openness to other worlds without claiming proof.
