Ibn tufail biography

  • Ibn Ṭufayl was an Arab Andalusian Muslim polymath: a writer, Islamic philosopher, Islamic theologian, physician, astronomer, and vizier.
  • 1105 – 1185) was an Arab Andalusian Muslim polymath: a writer, Islamic philosopher, Islamic theologian, physician, astronomer, and vizier.
  • Ibn Ṭufayl (born 1109/10, Guádix, Spain—died 1185/86, Marrakech, Morocco) was a Moorish philosopher and physician who is known for his Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān (c.

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    Ibn Ṭufayl
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    Marco Lauri
    • LAST REVIEWED: 24 May 2017
    • LAST MODIFIED: 24 May 2017
    • DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780195390155-0240

  • Carra de Vaux, B. “Ibn Ṭufayl.” In Encyclopedia of Islam. 2d ed. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 1960–2007.

    A short encyclopedic summary.

  • Conrad, Lawrence, ed. The World of Ibn Ṭufayl: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Ḥayy Ibn Yaqẓān. Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Sciences Series 24. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 1996.

    A collection of ten essays detailing various specific aspects of the text and its reception, with an excellent introduction summarizing the state of scholarship in the mid-nineties and a rich section of bibliographical references.

  • De Boer, Tjitze J. History of Philosophy in Islam. Translated by E. Jones. London: Luzac, 1903. 181–187.

    A short and dated introduction to the author and his work, mostly now relevant for the history of scholarship.

  • Goodman, Lenn Evan. “Ibn Tufayl.” In

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    Ibn Tufayl

    Arab Andalusian Muslim polymath (c. 1105–1185)

    Ibn Tufayl

    Imaginary sketch representing Ibn Tufayl (1961)

    TitleIbn Tufayl
    Abubacer Aben Tofail
    Abu Jaafar Ebn Tophail
    Avetophail
    Born1105

    Guadix, Andalusia, Almoravid dynasty

    Died1185 (aged 79–80)

    Marrakesh, Almohad Caliphate

    EraIslamic Golden Age
    RegionAl-Andalus
    Main interest(s)Early Islamic philosophy, literature, kalam, Islamic medicine
    Notable idea(s)Wrote the first philosophical novel, which was also the first novel to depict desert island, feral child and coming of age plots, and introduced the concepts of autodidacticism and tabula rasa
    Notable work(s)Hayy ibn Yaqdhan
    (Philosophus Autodidactus)
    OccupationMuslim scholar
    ReligionIslam
    CreedAvicennism

    Ibn Ṭufayl (full Arabic name: أبو بكر محمد بن عبد الملك بن محمد بن طفيل القيسي الأندلسيʾAbū Bakr Muḥammad bin ʿAbd al-Malik insekter som pollinerar Muḥammad insekter som pollinerar Ṭufayl al-Qaysiyy al-ʾAnda

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    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 AndalusianArabMuslimphilosopher, physician, and court official. He served as personal physician and vizier to Caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf, the Almohad ruler of Al-Andalus, until 1182 (578 a.h.), when he resigned and recommended Averroes as his own successor.

    Ibn Tufail is best known for Hayy Ibn Yaqzan (The Living Son of the Vigilant, literally "Alive son of Awake"), a philosophical romance about the relationship between philosophy and religion. It is the story of Hayy, a man who grows up alone on an uninhabited island, and through the exercise of his reason, eventually reaches knowledge of the divine. He then encounters Absal, a man who deeply understands religious truths through symbols and rituals. The two come to realize that they are speak