Ibn Tufayl
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Ibn Tufayl was a 12th-century Andalusian Arab philosopher, physician, and novelist best known for his philosophical tale "Hayy ibn Yaqzan," which explored reason, revelation, and human nature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ibn Tufayl canonical | 4 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Andalusian philosopher
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Arab philosopher ⓘ Islamic philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ novelist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| advisorTo | Abu Yaqub Yusuf ⓘ |
| authorOf | Hayy ibn Yaqzan ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1105 ⓘ |
| century | 12th century ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1185 ⓘ |
| employer |
Almohad dynasty
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surface form:
Almohad Caliphate
|
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
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surface form:
Arab
|
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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literature ⓘ medicine ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| fullName | Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṭufayl al-Qaysī ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical novel ⓘ |
| givenName |
Muhammad
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surface form:
Muḥammad
|
| influenced |
Averroes
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Daniel Defoe ⓘ European Enlightenment thinkers ⓘ John Locke ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Al-Farabi
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Aristotle ⓘ Avicenna ⓘ |
| kunya |
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
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surface form:
Abū Bakr
|
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainWork | Hayy ibn Yaqzan ⓘ |
| movement | Western Islamic philosophy ⓘ |
| name | Ibn Tufayl self-link ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
harmony of reason and revelation
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natural human capacity to know God through reason ⓘ use of philosophical fiction to explore epistemology ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Averroes ⓘ |
| occupation |
court physician
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vizier ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Islamic philosophy
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Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Guadix
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Andalusia ⓘ
surface form:
al-Andalus
near Granada ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Almohad dynasty
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surface form:
Almohad Caliphate
Marrakesh ⓘ |
| positionHeld | physician to the Almohad caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf ⓘ |
| region |
Andalusia
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surface form:
al-Andalus
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| workSubject |
epistemology
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human nature ⓘ mysticism ⓘ reason ⓘ revelation ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.