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Ben-Zaken, Avner, author.

Title Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan : a cross-cultural history of autodidacticism / Avner Ben-Zaken.

Publication Info.

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations.
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Series	History of science
	Spangenburg, Ray, 1939- History of science.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Ibn Tufayl, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik, -1185. Risalat Hayy ibn Yaqzan.
	Islamic philosophy.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Ben-Zaken, Avner. Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan : a cross-cultural history of autodidacticism. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011 xiii, 191 pages ; 24 cm. History of science 9780801897399 (OCoLC)ocn539086914
ISBN	9780801897399 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	0801897394 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	9780801899720 (electronic bk.)