the philosophical books were current in Spanish cities in...

the philosophical books were current in Spanish cities in the time of al-Hakam II (350/961-366/976), who had imported the rare works composed in the East and had got them made clear. He (Ibn Bajjah) transcribed the books of the ancients and. others and carried on his investigation into these works. The way had not been opened to any investi­gator before him (Ibn Bajjah). Nor had anything except errors and alterations been recorded concerning these sciences of the ancients. A number of errors…