0 ▁copies . ▁ ▁Modern ▁scholar ship ▁cons iders ▁that ▁the ▁text ▁must ▁date ▁to ▁after ▁the ▁Encyclopedia ▁of ▁the ▁Bre th ren ▁of ▁P urity ▁and ▁before ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁I bn ▁Jul j ul ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 0 th ▁century . ▁The ▁section ▁on ▁phys i ogn omy ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁circul ating ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁  9 4 0 . ▁The ▁Arab ic ▁version ▁was ▁translated ▁into ▁Pers ian ▁( at ▁least ▁twice ), ▁Ott oman ▁Turkish ▁( tw ice ), ▁Heb rew , ▁Spanish , ▁and ▁twice ▁into ▁Latin . ▁( The ▁Heb rew ▁edition ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁basis ▁for ▁a ▁translation ▁into ▁Russian .) ▁The ▁first ▁Latin ▁translation ▁was ▁done ▁for ▁the ▁Portuguese ▁queen ▁ ▁by ▁the ▁conver so ▁John ▁of ▁Se ville ; ▁it ▁is ▁now ▁preserved ▁in ▁about ▁ 1 5 0 ▁copies . ▁The ▁second ▁translation ▁was ▁done ▁at ▁Ant io ch ▁ ▁by ▁Philip ▁of ▁Tri pol i ; ▁it ▁is ▁preserved ▁in ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 5 0 ▁copies . ▁Some ▁ 1 3 th - century ▁ed itions ▁include ▁additional ▁sections . ▁ ▁Cont ents ▁The ▁Secret um ▁Secret orum ▁claims ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁treat ise ▁written ▁by ▁Arist ot le ▁to ▁Alexander ▁during ▁his ▁con quest ▁of ▁A cha emen id ▁Pers ia . ▁Its ▁topics ▁range ▁from ▁eth ical ▁questions ▁that ▁face ▁a ▁r uler ▁to ▁ast ro log y ▁to ▁the ▁medical ▁and ▁mag ical ▁properties ▁of ▁plants , ▁g ems , ▁and ▁numbers ▁to ▁an ▁account