Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan : : a cross-cultural history of autodidacticism / / Avner Ben-Zaken.
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| Superior document: | History of science |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Baltimore : : Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2011. |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Spangenburg, Ray, 1939- History of science.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 pages) :; illustrations. |
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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.