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Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan

Ben-Zaken, Avner.

Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan a cross-cultural history of autodidacticism / [electronic resource] : Avner Ben-Zaken. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xiii, 191 p. :) ill. ; - History of science . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the pursuit for the "natural-self" -- Taming the mystic (Marrakesh, 1160s) -- Climbing the ladder of philosophy (Barcelona, 1348) -- Defying authority, defying predestination and conquering nature (Florence, 1493) -- Employing the self and experimenting with nature (Oxford, 1671) -- Conclusion : sampling the history of autodidacticism.

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Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, d. 1185. Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān.


Islamic philosophy.


Electronic books.

B753.I54 / B46 2011

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