: Ibn Tufayl's influence on modern Western thought
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Samar Attar.
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Lanham :
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Lexington Books,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xviii, 174 p.
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Philosophy. Intellectual History
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-157) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: Buried in the dust of history : a forgotten Arab mentor of modern European thinkers - Serving God or Mammon? echoes from Hayy Ibn Yaqzan and Sinbad the sailor in Robinson Crusoe - The man of reason : Hayy Ibn Yaqzan and his impact on modern European thought - Beyond family, history, religion, and language : the construction of a cosmopolitan identity in a twelfth-century Arabic philosophical novel - The book that launched a thousand books - The extraordinary voyage - A philosophical letter, an allegorical voyage, or an autobiography? Hayy Ibn Yaqzan as a model in modern European literature - Conclusion : a humanist thesis subverted?
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Ibn Tufayl's influence on modern Western thought
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Ibn Tufayl, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik,d. 1185 - Influence.
Ibn Tufayl, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik,d. 1185., Risalat Hayy ibn Yaqzan.