biography
pronunciation:
[ibin tufiyl]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1105–85)
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| biography:
| Physician to the Almohad ruler Yusuf, born in Cádiz, SW Spain. His fame rests mainly on his revision of Avicenna's philosophical romance Hayy ibn Yaqzan (Alive, Son of Awake), a work of pantheistic mysticism which traces the hero's intellectual development, on a desert island, from ignorance to wisdom. His philosophy influenced Ramon Llull, but it is doubtful whether it was directly known to Gracián, whose Criticón employs a similar theme. |
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