Hayy ibn Yaqdhan

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. ayy ibn Yaq n was the first Arabic novel and the first philosophical novel, written by Ibn Tufail, an Arab philosopher and physician, in early 12th century Islamic Spain. The novel was itself named after an earlier Persian allegorical tale and philosophical romance of the same name, written by Avicenna in early 11th century Persia, though they both had different stories. Ibn Tufail''s Hayy ibn Yaqdhan had a significant influence on Arabic literature, Persian literature, and European literature after it was translated in 1671 into Latin and then into several other European languages. The work also had a "profound influence" on both classical Islamic philosophy and modern Western philosophy, and became "one of the most important books that heralded the Scientific Revolution" and European Enlightenment. The novel is also considered a precursor to the European bildungsroman genre.

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ayy ibn Yaq an was the first Arabic novel and the first philosophical novel, written by Ibn Tufail, an Arab philosopher and physician, in early 12th century Islamic Spain. The novel was itself named after an earlier Persian allegorical tale and philosophical romance of the same name, written by Avicenna in early 11th century Persia, though they both had different stories. Ibn Tufail's Hayy ibn Yaqdhan had a significant influence on Arabic literature, Persian literature, and European literature after it was translated in 1671 into Latin and then into several other European languages. The work also had a "profound influence" on both classical Islamic philosophy and modern Western philosophy, and became "one of the most important books that heralded the Scientific Revolution" and European Enlightenment. The novel is also considered a precursor to the European bildungsroman genre.