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The vital roots of European enlightenment : Ibn Tufayl's influence on modern Western thought / Samar Attar.

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Van Pelt Library B753.I54 A92 2007
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Attar, Samar.
Contributor:
Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, -1185.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, -1185--Influence.
Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik.
Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, -1185. Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān.
Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, -1185.
Islamic philosophy--History.
Islamic philosophy.
History.
Physical Description:
xviii, 174 pages ; 24 cm
Other Title:
Ibn Tufayl's influence on modern Western thought
Place of Publication:
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2007]
Contents:
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?
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-157) and index.
ISBN:
9780739119891
0739119893
OCLC:
141187962

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