The self-taught philosopher, arabigoandaluza masterpiece of literature, presents a reflection on the relationship between nature and culture while drinking the Sufi tradition and rationalism.
The doctor and philosopher Abu Bakr al-Andalus Ibn Tufail (1110-1198) is one of the great figures of Hispano culture. He was a teacher of Averroes and an outstanding professional medical doctor who became the Almohad caliph camera. As a writer, his best known work is The autodidact philosopher, philosophical novel which, after being translated into Latin in the seventeenth century, was a great success throughout Europe. This work, which has given Ibn Tufail a prominent place in the history of medieval philosophy, narrates training, intellectual development and moral development of a child who lives in isolation on a desert island, a "noble savage" who by his own efforts He comes to the kno...read more
