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IX. The Hebrew version of the “Secretum Secretorum”, a mediæval treatise ascribed to Aristotle. II. Translation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2017

M. Gaster
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O ye men of knowledge and who understand riddles, who search by means thereof for precious object; lift up your eyes on high and read the book that is called the “Privy of Privies”, wherein there is contained the direction in the governance of the kingdom which Aristotle wrote for the great king Alexander.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , January 1908 , pp. 111 - 162
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1908

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page 111 note 1 A corruption from Philippus.

page 147 note 1 This passage is undoubtedly corrupt.

page 159 note 1 All these are alchyniistical names for metals and other substances.