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A Little History of Philosophy presents the grand sweep of humanity's search for philosophical understanding and invites all to join in the discussion
Newton answers the requests of the thousands of readers of the first book who wanted more details about various aspects of life on the other side
or young at heart
" you will never see yourself in the same way again
the historian of grand themes turns to a single life his own
Ibn Tufayl's Hayy Ibn Yaqzan : A Philosophical Tale Ally Ireson A Little History of PhilosophyThe Arabic philosophical fable Hayy Ibn Yaqzan is a classic of medieval Islamic philosophy. Ibn Tufayl (d. 1185), the Andalusian philosopher, tells of a child raised by a doe on an equatorial island who grows up to discover the truth about the world and his own place in it, unaidedbut also unimpededby society, language, or tradition. Hayys discoveries about God, nature, and man challenge the values of the culture in which the tale was written as well
