Ibn Ṭufayl

by Kukkonen, Taneli

Type Article
Rate 0.0 /5

Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Muḥammad Ibn Ṭufayl al-Qaysī (d. 581/1185) was a courtier, philosopher, royal physician, and Ṣūfī during the Almohad regime in the Maghrib. A close friend and confidante to the second Almohad caliph, Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf (r. 558–80/1163–84), Ibn Ṭufayl advocated the pursuit of Greek sciences. Ibn Ṭufayl’s only surviving philosophical treatise, the novelistic and evocative Ḥayy b. Yaqẓān (“Alive, son of Awake”) should be viewed against this background. Through r…

Read More ↓
Details
Files
Reviews
Download

Summary

Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Muḥammad Ibn Ṭufayl al-Qaysī (d. 581/1185) was a courtier, philosopher, royal physician, and Ṣūfī during the Almohad regime in the Maghrib. A close friend and confidante to the second Almohad caliph, Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf (r. 558–80/1163–84), Ibn Ṭufayl advocated the pursuit of Greek sciences. Ibn Ṭufayl’s only surviving philosophical treatise, the novelistic and evocative Ḥayy b. Yaqẓān (“Alive, son of Awake”) should be viewed against this background. Through recounting the worldly, intellectual, and religious pursuits of

Read More ↓

Article Information

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

Edition Identifiers

  • wc:ALei2578

Subjects

eng Islam

Writers

Kukkonen, Taneli

Rate & Review

0.0/5
(0 people Voted)

No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this work.

Files & Downloads

  • 10.1163-1573-3912_ei3_com_32274.pdf

    PDF · ei3
    Login →
Log in to request a copy