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Ibn Ṭufayl (full Arabic name: أبو بكر محمد بن عبد الملك بن محمد بن طفيل القيسي الأندلسي ʾAbū Bakr Muḥammad bin ʿAbd al-Malik bin Muḥammad bin Ṭufayl al-Qaysiyy al-ʾAndalusiyy; Latinized form: Abubacer Aben Tofail; Anglicized form: Abubekar or Abu Jaafar Ebn Tophail; c. 1105 – 1185) was an Arab Andalusian Muslim polymath: a writer, Islamic philos...
Ibn Ṭufayl was a Moorish philosopher and physician who is known for his Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān (c. 1175; Eng. trans. by L.E. Goodman, Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓan by Ibn Ṭufayl, 1972), a philosophical romance in which he describes the self-education and gradual philosophical development of a man who passes the first
May 24, 2017 · Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al‐Malik ibn Muḥammad ibn Tufayl al‐Qaysi (al-Andalusi, al- Ishbili) (c. 1110–1185), also known in the West as Abentofail and Abubacer, was born in Wadi ‘Ash (modern Guadix, Spain). He was a prominent Andalusi physician and philosopher, and was active primarily at the Muwahhid court, where he served as a ...
Ibn Tufayl was the second most important Muslim philosopher in the West, the first being Ibn Bajja. With the exception of some fragments of poetry, his only extant work is Hayy Ibn Yaqzan (The Living Son of the Vigilant).
Ibn Tufayl or Ibn Tufail (c.1105 – 1185), full name: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad ibn Tufail al-Qaisi al-Andalusi أبو بكر محمد بن عبد الملك بن محمد بن طفيل القيسي الأندلسي (Latinised form: Abubacer), was an Andalusian Arab Muslim philosopher, physician, and court official.
Hayy ibn Yaqdhan is an allegorical novel in which Ibn Tufail expresses philosophical and mystical teachings in a symbolic language in order to provide better understanding of such concepts. This novel is thus the most important work of Ibn Tufail, containing the main ideas that form his system.
Mar 26, 2019 · Ibn Tufayl, a 12th-century Andalusian, fashioned the feral child in philosophy. His story Hayy ibn Yaqzan is the tale of a child raised by a doe on an unnamed Indian Ocean island. Hayy ibn Yaqzan (literally ‘Living Son of Awakeness’) reaches a state of perfect, ecstatic understanding of the world.
May 21, 2018 · Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Tufayl. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Tufayl (ca. 1110-1185) was a Spanish Moslem philosopher and physician, author of the celebrated allegorical tale "Hayy Ibn Yaqzan." Known to medieval Christian scholastics as Abubacer (from Abu Bakr), Ibn Tufayl was born in the town known in modern times as Guadix near Granada. He was trained ...
Jun 5, 2012 · Ibn Ṭufayl, Ḥayy bin Yaqẓān; Edited by Muhammad Ali Khalidi, American University of Beirut; Book: Medieval Islamic Philosophical Writings; Online publication: 05 June 2012; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511811050.008
“Ibn Tufayl, a 12th-century Andalusian, fashioned the feral child in philosophy. His story Hayy ibn Yaqzanis the tale of a child raised by a doe on an unnamed Indian Ocean island. Hayy ibn Yaqzan (literally ‘Living Son of Awakeness’) reaches a state of perfect, ecstatic understanding of the world.
