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Ibn Tufayl

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Ibn Tufayl (ĭ`bən tfāl`), d. 1185/86?, 12th-century Spanish-Arab philosopher and physician, b. near Granada. His chief work was a philosophical romance, Hayy ibn Yaqzan, describing the development of a hermit, who, after long seclusion on an island, attains knowledge of the divine. He later comes into contact with a man trained in religion, the point of the work being the conflict between philosophy and religion. The book was translated into several European languages in the 17th cent. and was widely read. Ibn Tufayl, called Abubacer by Europeans, was famous as a physician.


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For much of his life, Ibn Tufayl served as an adviser and physician to the Almohad Sultan, Abu Ya'qub Yusuf of Morocco and Spain.
878-950), Ibn Sina (980-1037), al-Ghazali (1058-1111), Ibn Tufayl (ca.
Through the medium of a philosophical novel, Ibn Tufayl aimed to give his religious readers an understanding of the philosophical sciences.
 
 
 
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