 According to Shlomo Pines, it may have been written by Isma'ilis.Paul Fenton, on the other hand, thought it may have been derived from Egyptian Jews.Just as there is an Arabic paraphrase of Plotinus' Six Enneads, blending it with Aristotle's thought, so also there is an Arabic paraphrase of Aristotle's "De Anima," blending it with Plotinus' thought.