▁of ▁a ▁un ified ▁science ▁which ▁is ▁accessible ▁only ▁to ▁a ▁scholar ▁with ▁the ▁proper ▁moral ▁and ▁intellectual ▁background . ▁Cop land ' s ▁English ▁translation ▁is ▁divided ▁into ▁sections ▁on ▁the ▁work ' s ▁introduction , ▁the ▁M anner ▁of ▁Kings , ▁Health , ▁the ▁Four ▁Se asons ▁of ▁the ▁Year , ▁Natural ▁He at , ▁Food , ▁Justice , ▁Phys i ogn omy , ▁and ▁Com port ment . ▁ ▁The ▁en larg ed ▁ 1 3 th - century ▁edition ▁includes ▁al chem ical ▁references ▁and ▁an ▁early ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁Emer ald ▁Table t . ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁It ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁widely ▁read ▁texts ▁of ▁the ▁High ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁or ▁even ▁the ▁most - read . ▁Am id ▁the ▁ 1 2 th - century ▁Renaissance ' s ▁Rec overy ▁of ▁Arist ot le , ▁medieval ▁readers ▁took ▁the ▁as cription ▁to ▁Arist ot le ▁at ▁face ▁value ▁and ▁treated ▁this ▁work ▁among ▁Arist ot le ' s ▁genu ine ▁works . ▁It ▁is ▁particularly ▁connected ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 3 th - century ▁English ▁scholar ▁Roger ▁Ba con , ▁who ▁c ited ▁it ▁more ▁often ▁than ▁his ▁contempor aries ▁and ▁even ▁produced ▁an ▁edited ▁manuscript ▁with ▁his ▁own ▁introduction ▁and ▁notes , ▁an ▁unusual ▁honor . ▁This ▁led ▁mid - 2 0 th ▁century ▁sch ol ars ▁like ▁Ste ele ▁to ▁claim ▁that ▁Ba con ' s ▁contact ▁with ▁the ▁Secret um ▁Secret orum ▁was ▁the ▁key ▁event ▁pushing ▁him ▁towards ▁experimental ▁science ;