Ibn Tufail Summary

Ibn Tufayl (Abubacer) d. c. 1185 Arab physician and philosopher, widely regarded both for his medical work and for his novel Hayy ibn Yaqzan. The book's title is rendered in English as Walk On,... Read more

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Tufayl (ca. 1110-1185) was a Spanish Moslem philosopher and physician, author of the celebrated allegorical tale "Hayy Ibn Yaqzan."Known to medieval Christian scholastics as Abub... Read more