Platonic and Aristotelian thought, which had already been somewhat appropriated into hermetical science, continued to be assimilated during the late 7th and early 8th centuries through Syriac translations and scholarship.
plætˈɑːnɪk ænd ˌæɹɪstoʊtˈiːliən θˈɔːt, wˌɪtʃ hæd ɔːlɹˌɛdi bˌɪn sˈʌmwʌt ɐpɹˈoʊpɹɪˌeɪɾᵻd ˌɪntʊ hɜːmˈɛɾɪkəl sˈaɪəns, kəntˈɪnjuːd təbi ɐsˈɪmᵻlˌeɪɾᵻd dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə lˈeɪt sˈɛvənθ ænd ˈɜːli ˈeɪtθ sˈɛntʃɚɹiz θɹuː sˈɪɹiˌæk tɹænslˈeɪʃənz ænd skˈɑːlɚʃˌɪp.