Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan : a cross-cultural history of autodidacticism /
Ben-Zaken, Avner.
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the pursuit for the "natural-self" -- Taming the mystic (Marrakesh, 1160s) -- Climbing the ladder of philosophy (Barcelona, 1348) -- Defying authority, defying predestination and conquering nature (Florence, 1493) -- Employing the self and experimenting with nature (Oxford, 1671) -- Conclusion : sampling the history of autodidacticism.
Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, -1185.
Islamic philosophy.