Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan [electronic resource] : a cross-cultural history of autodidacticism / Avner Ben-Zaken.
Material type: TextSeries: History of science | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 191 p. :) illContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780801899720
- 0801899729
- 181/.92 22
- B753.I54 B46 2011
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.
Description based on print version record.
There are no comments on this title.