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An Unknown-ish Translation of Ibn Tufayl's Self-Taught Philosopher

An Unknown-ish Translation of Ibn Tufayl's Self-Taught Philosopher

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As my regular readers know, Ibn Tufayl's Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān (حي بن يقظان, lit. 'Alive son of Awake') is one of my favorite works in the history of philosophy. I love teaching it, I love reading it, I love talking about it, and I love blogging about it. While the work was known to and discussed by Jewish scholars, it is generally assumed that Europeans only…

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