Goren Nachon

(Philosophy).

(Joseph Ashkenazi of Padua)

Riva di Trento

1562

First Edition. The diagrams on f. 6 and 8 illustrate grouping of the basic characteristics of human nature. See EJ, Vol. VII, col. 238 (illus.)

Vinograd, Riva di Trento 37, 39, 40; Mehlman 1363; Amram, p. 305

Rare. Goren Nachon is a collection of three classic philosophic works: ibn Gabirol’s Tikun Middoth ha-Nephesh; ibn Ishak’s Musarei ha-Philosophim; and Sepher ha-Tapu’ach, attributed to Aristotle. All three works were translated from Arabic. Ibn Gabirol was translated by Judah ibn Tibbon; Bin Ishak by Judah al-Harizi, and pseudo-Aristotle by Abraham b. Chasdai Halevi. The editor Joseph Ashkenazi of Padua added subject headings and names of scholars cited in each paragraph (printed on the margins). See Waxman, A History of Jewish Literature, Vol. I, pp. 355-358; EJ, Vol. II, cols. 628-629; VII, cols. 236, 238, 243.