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(V) This para means that al-Binini, like his contemporary, Mis-
kawaih believed in philosophical ethics and it suggests that theGreek philo-
sophic-ethical tradition was known to him. By "virtue" is perhaps the
four cardinal virtues, temperance, courage, justice and liberality aremeant.
Cf. ~iskawaih's' Tuhdhib al-Akhliiq and his other works on ethics.
(W) A Greek author perhaps of the 1st century. For his identity
and work see Martin Plessner, Der Oikonomikos des Neuphythagoreers
'Bryson' und sein Einflzus auf die islamische Wissenschaft (1928), pp. 297.
An Arabic translation of his work on the education of the young was pub-
lished by Louis Cheikho in Al-Mashreq, XIX (1 921). 161-1 68 and Majmii'a
Arba'at Rast?'il (1920-23), 13-33, but the author has not been definitely
identified. One section of the Tuhdhib al-~khliiq'of Miskawaih is based
on this book. See Constantine IS. Zurayk's edition (1967), 55-64. Eng.
trans. 50-57. Bryson taught and studied mathematical problems; Werner
JaegerIGilbert Highat, Paidea, I, 317; F.E. Peters, iACom, 517, note 38;
F. Rosenthal, KT, 285, 288 ff,
(X) See 'Abdu'r-Rahmiin Badawi, Arislii 'ind aE 'Arab, dirii sc wa
nugii~
ghair mamhiira (1947). 1,pp. 340; F.E. Peters. Aristotle and the Arabs,
The Aristotelian Tradition in Islam (1970), pp. 328; C. Petraitis, The Arabic
Version of Aristotle's Meteorology (Arabic text) (1967) pp. 11 1 + 148;
Ibriihim Madkour, L 'Organon d' Aristot le dans le monde arabe ses traduc-
lions, son etude et ses applications, 2nd ed. (1969) pp. 302; R. Walzer, "Aris-
tutilis" or "Aristii" in E.I(2), I, 630-633 (with bibliography); 'Abdu'r-Rab-
miin Badawi, Commentaires sur Aristote perdm en grec et autres epitres,
(1972); XVIII +300 pp. See the Introduction (pp. 17-75) to the Persian
trans. of the Poetica by Soheil Afnan, Niima-i-Aris#ufiiIis dar Biira-i-Hunar
Shi'r (1948), pp. 236. Maqcila Tashtamil 'Ah Fell min Kit& al-fluyaw&
li ArisCii (Excerpts from 'Aristotle's BOOK on Animals or De Animalibus
Historia), ed. and tr. by J.N. Mattock (Cambridge, 1966) XVI + 1 1 1.
J. Owens, "Aristotle" in NCE, I, 809-814; J.J. Glanville, "Aristotelianism"
in NCE, I, 799-809; "Aristu@lis" in DMI, 11, 581-593; J.B. Kerferd, EP,
I, 151-162; Werner Jaeger, Aristotle, tr. by Richard Robinson, second ed.
(1960), pp. 475; Albin Lesky, HGL, 547-582; F.E. Peters, HOH, 350-78
and passim; GEL. Owen; D.M. Balme; Leonard G. Wilson and L.
Minio-Paluello, DSB, I, 250-28 1. The full title of this book of al-Biriini
is Kit& al-Athiir al-Btiqiya 'an al-Quriin al-fiiiliya written ca. 3911
1000, ed. by Edward Sachau (1923); Baghdiid reprint, (1963), pp. 362+
LXXIII; tr. into English with notes as The Chronology of Ancient Nations