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Hayy ibn Yaqzan
Ibn Tufayl
A child raised alone on an island reasons his way to metaphysics and mysticism without language or teachers.
Why you should read this
A philosophical novel about a person reasoning their way to religious and metaphysical truth entirely through observation of nature, without revelation or teachers. It shaped later European debate on natural religion and is often cited as an influence on Defoe's desert-island fiction.
- Field
- Philosophy
- Form
- Fiction
- Published
- 1160
- Themes
- Eastern PhilosophyPhilosophy
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