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  • Emerald Tablet (“Tabula Smaragdina”)
    Emerald Tablet
    / Arabic alchemical texts

    …third version appears in the Secret of Secrets, a widely circulated work framed as a letter from Aristotle to Alexander the Great during the latter’s campaign in Persia. It combined advice on ruling with astrology, medicine, and natural inquiry. This version closely resembles the version found in the Book of…

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    …third version appears in the Secret of Secrets, a widely circulated work framed as a letter from Aristotle to Alexander the Great during the latter’s campaign in Persia. It combined advice on ruling with astrology, medicine, and natural inquiry. This version closely resembles the version found in the Book of…

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