You seem to have given Aristotle far too much credit for the Renaissance of Europe. The Renaissance was not influenced by just one man! As any student of history damned well knows, the Renaissance was not just a time of a new revolution in science but also a time of new currents and brilliant accomplishments in scholarship, in literature and in the arts, an era of emerging nation-states, of exploration and discoveries, and of the beginning of the Commercial Revolution.
Oh no! Bertrand Russell was not a fool and a charlatan. Simply because you disagree with him does not necessarily make him so. Apparently he meant, with his typical wry sense of humour, that undue reverence for Aristotle had greatly hampered the scientific revolution.
Au contraire, Bertrand Russell was a highly respected philosopher in Europe, though not as much in America for his perceived radical views. He was a prolific writer. Just to mention a few works, he wrote "The Principles of Mathematics" (an important work with Alfred Whitehead), "The Problems of Philosophy", "History of Western Philosophy and "An Inquiry into the Meaning of Truth" and "Why I am not a Christian".
He was awarded the Order of Merit by his country and a Nobel Prize for literature!
PS. I provided the above details largely for the benefit of some readers.
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