by Andrea Gouveia (Editor), Andrea Gouveia (Translator), Ibn Tufail (Author)
Ibn Tufail was an Arab Andalusian Muslim polymath: a writer, novelist, Islamic philosopher, Islamic theologian, physician, astronomer, vizier, and court official.As a philosopher and novelist, he is most famous for writing the first philosophical novel, Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, also known as Philosophus Autodidactus in the Western world. As a physician, he was an early supporter of dissection and autopsy, which was expressed in his novel.
Number of Pages: 64
Dimensions: 0.13 x 11 x 8.5 IN
Publication Date: June 19, 2016