The Makeover of Ḥayy: Transformations of the Sage’s Image from Avicenna to Ibn Ṭufayl

Abstract 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. While Ibn Ṭufayl borrowed Avicenna’s protagonists an...

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Published in:Oriens
Main Author: Stroumsa, Sarah 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Oriens
Year: 2021, Volume: 49, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 1-34
Further subjects:B Avicenna
B initiation story
B fiṭra
B Ḥayy Ibn Yaqẓān
B Ibn Ṭufayl
B Ḥunayn b. Isḥāq
B Ibn Masarra
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