Ibn Tufayl
1110 –1185
Philosopher, Physician, Writer, Poet
Lived 75 years
- Born in
- Guadix
- Passed away in
- Marrakech
Ibn Ṭufayl (c. 1105 – 1185) was an Arab Andalusian Muslim polymath: a writer, physician, philosopher, theologian, astronomer, and vizier. As a philosopher and novelist, he is most famous for writing the first philosophical novel, Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, considered a major work of Arabic literature emerging from Al-Andalus. As a physician, he was an early supporter of dissection and autopsy, which was expressed in his novel.
Notable works: Hayy ibn Yaqdhan
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