Ibn Tufayl
Also known as Abu Jaafar Ebn Tophail
Arab Muslim polymath (c. 1105–1185)
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Ibn Tufayl was an Arab Muslim scholar and thinker who lived in the 12th century and made contributions across multiple fields of learning. He is historically significant for his intellectual work during a period of great cultural achievement in medieval Islamic civilization.
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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.
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