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The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment
Ibn Tufayl's Influence on Modern Western Thought
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2007
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The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment is a collection of essays which deal with the influence of Ibn Tufayl, a 12th-century Arab philosopher from Spain, on major European thinkers. His philosophical novel, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, could be considered one of the most important books that heralded the Scientific Revolution. Its thoughts are found in different variations and to different degrees in the books of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Isaac Newton, and Kant. But if Ibn Tufayl's fundamental values, such as equality, freedom and toleration, which the thinkers of the European Enlightenment had adopted as theirs, paved the way to the French Revolution, they certainly marked the end of the age of reason in southern Spain and the rest of the Islamic world. Ibn Tufayl's philosophy was appropriated, subverted, or reinvented for many centuries. But the memory of the man who wrote such an influential book was buried in the dust of history. The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment reexamines Ibn Tufayl's momentous book and its continued influence over contemporary philosophy. This intriguing book will appeal to those interested in comparative literature and religion.
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2007
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-1989-1
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-6233-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
174
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TABLE OF CONTENTS No access
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS No access
PREFACE No access
A CHRONOLOGY OF IBN TUFAYLAND SOME EUROPEAN THINKERSINFLUENCED BY HIM UNTIL 1859 No access
Ch01. INTRODUCTION:BURIED IN THE DUST OF HISTORY No access Pages 1 - 18
Ch02. SERVING GOD OR MAMMON? No access Pages 19 - 36
Ch03. THE MAN OF REASON No access Pages 37 - 62
Ch04. BEYOND FAMILY, HISTORY,RELIGION, AND LANGUAGE No access Pages 63 - 80
Ch05. THE BOOK THAT LAUNCHED ATHOUSAND BOOKS No access Pages 81 - 96
Ch06. THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE No access Pages 97 - 112
Ch07. A PHILOSOPHICAL LETTER,AN ALLEGORICAL VOYAGE, ORAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY? No access Pages 113 - 126
