Ibn Tufayl's Hayy Ibn Yaqzān
Author | : Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik Ibn Ṭufayl |
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Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Islam |
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Author | : Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik Ibn Ṭufayl |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Islam |
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Author | : Samar Attar |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2007-10-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0739162330 |
The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment is a collection of essays which deal with the influence of Ibn Tufayl, a 12th-century Arab philosopher from Spain, on major European thinkers. His philosophical novel, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, could be considered one of the most important books that heralded the Scientific Revolution. Its thoughts are found in different variations and to different degrees in the books of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Isaac Newton, and Kant. But if Ibn Tufayl's fundamental values, such as equality, freedom and toleration, which the thinkers of the European Enlightenment had adopted as theirs, paved the way to the French Revolution, they certainly marked the end of the age of reason in southern Spain and the rest of the Islamic world. Ibn Tufayl's philosophy was appropriated, subverted, or reinvented for many centuries. But the memory of the man who wrote such an influential book was buried in the dust of history. The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment reexamines Ibn Tufayl's momentous book and its continued influence over contemporary philosophy. This intriguing book will appeal to those interested in comparative literature and religion.
Author | : Muḥammad Ibn ʻAbd al-Malik Ibn Ṭufayl |
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Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 1991 |
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Author | : Ibn Tufayl |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2015-05-14 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 022630776X |
The Arabic philosophical fable Hayy Ibn Yaqzan is a classic of medieval Islamic philosophy. Ibn Tufayl (d. 1185), the Andalusian philosopher, tells of a child raised by a doe on an equatorial island who grows up to discover the truth about the world and his own place in it, unaided—but also unimpeded—by society, language, or tradition. Hayy’s discoveries about God, nature, and man challenge the values of the culture in which the tale was written as well as those of every contemporary society. Goodman’s commentary places Hayy Ibn Yaqzan in its historical and philosophical context. The volume features a new preface and index, and an updated bibliography. “One of the most remarkable books of the Middle Ages.”—Times Literary Supplement “An enchanting and puzzling story. . . . The book transcends all historical and cultural environments to settle upon the questions of human life that perpetually intrigue men.”—Middle East Journal “Goodman has done a service to the modern English reader by providing a readable translation of a philosophically significant allegory.”—Philosophy East and West “Add[s] bright new pieces to an Islamic mosaic whose general shape is already known.”—American Historical Review
Author | : Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Tufayl |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 90 |
Release | : 2020-12-04 |
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The story of Hayy ibn Yaqzan (Risalat hayy ibn yaqzan) is described by its author, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Tufayl, as an introduction to the philosophy or 'wisdom' intimated by one of the most renowned philosophers of Islam, the Sheikh and Master, Abu' Ali ibn Sina (Avicenna). It was written to counter what Ibn Tufayl perceived to be the damaging influence of pseudo-philosophic ideas then current in Muslim Spain. Hayy ibn Yaqzan is thus, on one level a sort of primer on medieval Islamic Philosophy. The book establishes its frame of reference with a short and selective critique of Islamic philosophy before introducing the narrative framework of a boy of obscure origins reared by a gazelle on a desert island without human contact. The very uncertainty of the boy's origin is used by the author as an oppurtunity to include a theory of the origins of life. As the boy gradually becomes aware of his surroudings, he begins to understand that he is somehow different from the other animals, yet superior by virtue of the technical advantages he can realise with his hands.
Author | : Vittorio Cotesta |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 653 |
Release | : 2021-08-16 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9004464727 |
Vittorio Cotesta’s The Heavens and the Earth traces the origin of the images of the world typical of the Graeco-Roman, Ancient Chinese and Medieval Islamic civilisations. Each of them had its own peculiar way of understanding the universe, life, death, society, power, humanity and its destiny. The comparative analysis carried out here suggests that they all shared a common human aspiration despite their differences: human being is unique; differences are details which enrich its image. Today, the traditions derived from these civilisations are often in competition and conflict. Reference to a common vision of humanity as a shared universal entity should lead, instead, to a quest for understanding and dialogue.
Author | : ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī Ibn al-Fāriḍ |
Publisher | : Paulist Press |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 9780809105281 |
Includes English translation of the introduction to the Diwan, known as Dibajah (The adorned poem), by Abu al-Hasan Nur al-Din Ali al-Misri.
Author | : Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik Ibn Ṭufayl |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author | : Lee Trepanier |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2011-09-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0813140226 |
Thanks to advances in international communication and travel, it has never been easier to connect with the rest of the world. As philosophers debate the consequences of globalization, cosmopolitanism promises to create a stronger global community. Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Globalization examines this philosophy from numerous perspectives to offer a comprehensive evaluation of its theory and practice. Bringing together the works of political scientists, philosophers, historians, and economists, the work applies an interdisciplinary approach to the study of cosmopolitanism that illuminates its long and varied history. This diverse framework provides a thoughtful analysis of the claims of cosmopolitanism and introduces many overlooked theorists and ideas. This volume is a timely addition to sociopolitical theory, exploring the philosophical consequences of cosmopolitanism in today's global interactions.
Author | : L E Goodman |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2013-01-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1134977808 |
the philosophers in the West, none, perhaps, is better known by name and less familiar in actual content of his ideas than the medieval Muslim philosopher, physician, minister and naturalist Abu Ali Ibn Sina, known since the days of the scholastics as Avicenna. In this book the author, himself a philosopher, and long known for his studies of Arabic thought, presents a factual account of Avicenna's philosophy. Setting the thinker in the context of his often turbulent times and tracing the roots and influences of Avicenna's ideas, this book offers a factual philosophical portrait. It details Avicenna's account of being as a synthesis between the seemingly irreconcilable extremes of Aristotelian eternalism and the creationism of monotheistic scripture. It examines Avicenna's distinctive theory of knowledge, his ideas about immortality and individuality, including the famous "floating man argument", his contributions to logic, and his probing thoughts on rhetoric and poetics.