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Imagine pretending a single philospher was more influential on all of Western civilsation than the entirety of Christianty.
The combined influence of the entire Roman empire, the Byzantine empire, the power the Vatican (Rome) wielded over kings in medieval times, all this pales in comparison to Aristotle? A philospher who was unknown for the majority of the last 2000 years?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recovery_of_Aristotle
>The Recovery of Aristotle spanned about 100 years, from the middle 12th century into the 13th century, and copied or translated over 42 books (see: Corpus Aristotelicum), including Arabic texts from Arabic authors, where the previous Latin versions had only two books in general circulation

The Roman eagle is still visible everywhere in present day politcal imagery and flags from the USA to Russia. This is what spread Christianty.
Northern European flags feature the Christian cross, Englands flag, it's Kingdom Union flag, Sweden, Norway, Denamark, and Finland. The pillars of Rome still stand fools.