Ḥayy's Two Nativities: Cosmology and Ismāʿīlī taʾwīl in Ibn Ṭufayl's Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān.
The twelfth-century narrative Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān by Ibn Ṭufayl recounts the life of Ḥayy, a feral man who teaches himself philosophy while living on a desert island. Ibn Ṭufayl gives two explanations of how Ḥayy came to the island. In one version, Ḥayy generates spontaneously on the island; in another,...
| Published in: | Journal of Islamic Philosophy Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 66 - 111 |
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Journal of Islamic Philosophy
2024
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