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In a dream, the caliph al-Ma’mun saw a pale man with a ruddy complexion, a broad forehead and joined eyebrows. The man was bald, his eyes deep blue. He seemed approachable sitting on his dais. But I was directly in front of him, said al-Ma’mun, and I was afraid. I asked him: Who are you? He answered: I am Aristotle. I was delighted and I said: O, Sage, may I question you? He said: Go ahead. I asked: What is the good? He answered: That which is good according to reason. I asked: What else? He answered: That which is good according to revelation. I asked: What else? He answered: That which is good in the eyes of all men. I asked: What else? He answered: There is nothing else.

– Ibn al-Nadîm, Kitab al-fihrist