Ibn Tufayl: Living the Life of Reason

by Taneli Kukkonen

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.

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• 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"