Abu Bakr Ibn Tufail

THE HISTORY OF HAYY IBN YAQZAN, Illustrated Edition Abu Bakr Ibn Tufail

Ibn Tufail is an Arab legend, "The History of Hayy bin Yaqzan," is one of the most famous of Ibn Tufail's left; a philosophical story in which he presented his philosophical ideas in an anecdotal manner, trying to reconcile religion with philosophy. He tells the story of a person called Hayy bin Yaqzan who grew up on an uninhabited island alone, and symbolises the human being, and his relationship with the universe and religion. It contains many sub-myths and contained philosophical implications. This story has been known in the West since the seventeenth century, and has been translated into several languages, including Latin, Hebrew, English, French, German and Dutch.