Ibn Tufayl: Living the Life of Reason
(Part of the Makers of the Muslim World Series)
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Ibn Tufayl (d. 1185) was an Andalusian courtier, philosopher, Sufi master, and royal physician to the Almohad Caliphs. He inspired the twelfth-century Andalusian revolt against Ptolemaic astronomy and sponsored the career of the most renowned Aristotelian of medieval times, Abu al-Walid Ibn Rushd (the Latin Averroes). Ibn Tufayl was an exemplar of the kind of versatile scholar early Almohad culture wanted to cultivate. In this thought provoking...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1780745648
ISBN13:9781780745640
Release Date:December 2014
Publisher:Oneworld Academic
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.4" x 8.6"
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