Ḥayy b. Yaqẓān

by Kukkonen, Taneli

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Ḥayy b. Yaqẓān (Alive, son of Awake) is the name given to a number of philosophical treatises with substantial literary aspirations. The first is a carefully constructed allegory by the Bukharan philosopher-physician Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna, d. 428/1037). The second is a far lengthier and more prosaic narrative by the Andalusian court philosopher Ibn Ṭufayl (d. 581/1185). A third, which is a work of Hebrew poetry, Abraham Ibn Ezra’s (d. c.1167) Ḥay ben Meqitz , also belongs in the lineage establishe…

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Ḥayy b. Yaqẓān (Alive, son of Awake) is the name given to a number of philosophical treatises with substantial literary aspirations. The first is a carefully constructed allegory by the Bukharan philosopher-physician Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna, d. 428/1037). The second is a far lengthier and more prosaic narrative by the Andalusian court philosopher Ibn Ṭufayl (d. 581/1185). A third, which is a work of Hebrew poetry, Abraham Ibn Ezra’s (d. c.1167) Ḥay ben Meqitz , also belongs in the lineage established by Ibn Sīnā. A fourth Arabic

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei3555

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eng Islam

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Kukkonen, Taneli

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