Letters from an Arabian philosopher to a nobleman of Greece ; containing very curious and rare observations concerning the philosophy, physick, divinity and customs of the Eastern philosophers / Translated from an ancient Latin manuscript communicated by P. Grinau ... To which are added, the Entertainments of an Indian king with Pythagoras: and Alexander's conference with Dindimus the Brachman. Extracted out of Palladius.

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Date:: 1707[08]

Credit: Letters from an Arabian philosopher to a nobleman of Greece ; containing very curious and rare observations concerning the philosophy, physick, divinity and customs of the Eastern philosophers / Translated from an ancient Latin manuscript communicated by P. Grinau ... To which are added, the Entertainments of an Indian king with Pythagoras: and Alexander's conference with Dindimus the Brachman. Extracted out of Palladius. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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