  While in books like Reshit Hokhmah (particularly parts 2 and 3), Falaquera basically pieces together abridged versions of books by others without mentioning their names, the Sefer ha-Ma‘alot – the book that follows Reshit Hokhmah in the trilogy – is filled with numerous short quotations, most of which are attributed to an author, such as Plato, Aristotle (although often in connection with citations from the Summa Alexandrinorum and the Pseudo-Aristotle, Theology of Aristotle), Alfarabi, and Maimonides, or to the Philosopher (by which he usually means Ibn Bâjjah) or to the Scholar (by which he usually means Averroes). This work is also replete with quotations from the Bible and rabbinic literature