Ibn Tufayl
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From the madrasa-graduate establishing the scientific method to the inventor of algebra; from the geographer of the most accurate map in the pre-modern world to the theologian-poet whose travels exceeded Marco Polo, Magellan or Columbus;... more
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This is the table of contents and introduction to "the Polished Mirror," published by Oneworld: Islamic philosophy and Sufism evolved as distinct yet interweaving strands of Islamic thought and practice. Despite differences, they have... more
Turkish translation of Ibn Tufail's Hayy ibn Yaqdhan/Yaqzan.
An attempt to understand Ibn Tufayl's reasons for giving two alternate beginnings to his philosophical tale "Hayy Ibn Yaqzan."
This paper focuses on the literary relationship between Ibn Ṭufayl's Ḥayy and Avicenna's (the latter being ostensibly the immediate source of inspiration of the former), and on the philosophical implications of this literary relationship.... more
This article examines the place of law in the falsafa (philosophy) tradition. Political philosophy was largely a derivative topic for the philosophers of the Islamic world. One indication of this is that the falsafa tradition did not... more
Qu’on ouvre certains livres anciens, en arabe, en latin, ceux qu’on ne lit pas et qu’on oppose à tort, on y trouvera des auteurs médiévaux qu’obsède, non pas la lutte, mais la question de la pensée. Ils pensent, ils brûlent leur vie à... more
“The Imām’s Ethical Body: Embodied Virtue and the Human Constitution in Shīʿī Philosophy.” Philosophy and the Intellectual Life in Shīʿah Islam, ed. Saiyad Nizamuddin Ahmad and Sajjad H. Rizvi. London: The Shīʿah Institute Press, 2017.... more
This article studies the politics and ethics in Ibn Ṭufayl’s twelfth-century allegory, Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān. I discuss this allegory alongside Ibn Sīnā’s own Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān and Absāl and Salāmān, first, to show that their... more
In recent decades, the trope that classical Muslim thinkers anticipated or influenced modern European thought has provided an easy endorsement of their contemporary relevance. This article studies how Arab editors and intellectuals, from... more
This course aims to survey Classical Arabic literatures in poetic, novelistic, critical, autobiographical, and travel genres. Readings expose students to samples of original translated texts from the creative heritage of Arab-Islamic... more
Ibn Tufayl's book Risalat Hayy Ibn Yaqzan is interpreted as a pledge for the development of mankind.
Ο Αμπού Μπακρ Ιμπν Τουφάυλ ήταν ελάσσων αλλά αξιοπρόσεκτη μορφή στην πνευματική ιστορία του αραβικού Μεσαίωνα. Γεννήθηκε στις αρχές του 12ου αιώνα και πέθανε το 1185. Καταγόταν από παλαιά αρχοντική οικογένεια της αραβικής χερσονήσου, αλλά... more
Πολύ πριν από τον Βολταίρο, το φιλοσοφικό διήγημα είχε ένδοξη προϊστορία. Χρωστούμε χάρη στον Παύλο Καλλιγά που έκανε προσιτό στη γλώσσα μας έναν από τους σπουδαιότερους κρίκους στην αλυσίδα των προδρόμων του είδους. Ο "Χάυυ ιμπν Γιακζάν"... more