Cebes, Parafrasis arabe de la tabla de Cebes, Madrid, 1793, contemporary marbled calf

CEBES

Parafrasis arabe de la tabla de Cebes, traducida en Castellano é illustrada con notas por D. Pablo Lozano y Casela (Texto arabe de la parafrasis de la Tabla de Cebes). Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1793

4to (240 x 158mm.), engraved vignette on each title-page (one at front and one at back of volume, folding engraved plate, contemporary Spanish marbled calf, flat spine with red morocco lettering-piece, extremities very slightly rubbed

This moral sketch of human life, commonly attributed to Cebes (a disciple of Socrates), was paraphrased by Ibn Miskawayh in Arabic, occasionally containing additional passages not recorded in the original Greek text. The Persian Ibn Miskawayh (932-1030) was a Neoplatonist philosopher who worked as a chancery official and librarian for various viziers of the Abbasid empire; many of his works show (and document) the influence of Greek philosophy on his thought.

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Palau 50822 ("Bella edición")