We must not take many of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s statements
as dogmatic finalities, for there are other points which when
added to them round out the picture. For instance, when He
calls Aristotle and Plato Philosophers of the East, He is obviously
placing them in that category because He believes they
belong more correctly to Eastern culture than to Central
European and the New World cultures of the West. When He
calls the philosophers of the West materialistic this does not
for a moment mean He includes all Western philosophers for,
as you truly point out, many of them have been very spiritual
in their concepts….