Ibn Tufayl

Ibn Ṭufayl 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.

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Who was born first?

• Ibn Tufayl and Richard of Saint Victor were born the same year
• Ibn Tufayl and John of Salisbury were born the same year
• Ibn Tufayl and Abraham ibn Daud were born the same year
• Ibn Tufayl was born 5 years before Dominicus Gundissalinus
• Ibn Tufayl was born 9 years after Héloïse d’Argenteuil

Timeline

1. Héloïse d’Argenteuil1101 – May 15, 1164
2. Abraham ibn Daudcirca 1110 – 1180
3. Ibn Tufayl (this page)1110–1185
4. John of Salisbury1110s – October 25, 1180
5. Richard of Saint Victorcirca 1110 – March 10, 1173
6. Dominicus Gundissalinus1115 – circa 1190

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