Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan : a cross-cultural history of autodidacticism /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ben-Zaken, Avner (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Series:Spangenburg, Ray, 1939- History of science.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the pursuit for the "natural-self"
  • Taming the mystic (Marrakesh, 1160s)
  • Climbing the ladder of philosophy (Barcelona, 1348)
  • Defying authority, defying predestination and conquering nature (Florence, 1493)
  • Employing the self and experimenting with nature (Oxford, 1671)
  • Conclusion : sampling the history of autodidacticism.