[TenaciousBadger]

^ I'm not saying "let's not save books from oblivion", I'm saying "be aware we can't save them all" and maybe trying to is a bit irrational. Maybe some books are meant to fall by the wayside, those that have left an indelible mark on our way of thinking, those that have not even registered and yes unfortunately some that have not yet succeeded in leaving enough behind.

What's more (and scary) is in my opinion, that in today's world, knowledge rarely has time to really seep through all the pores of society and really settle down in the bedrock. It just skips on the surface, like a pebble.

Going back to Aristotle, I reckon the reason he was re-discovered by Christianity and the West is that at the time his ideas, or what was left of them, meshed with whatever answers thinkers of the time were looking for. Had they found all these answers in the doctrines surrounding them at the time, Aristotle with his works intact might have joined the droves of other unknown names that have been long forgotten.

What I'm trying to say (in a very convoluted way, I know) is that one thing leads to another, lack will lead to discovery, and glut, sadly, to flotsam and jetsam.