Abu Bakr Ibn Tufayl, Author
Etienne-Marc Quatremere, translation
Jean-Baptiste Brenet (Université Paris 1, Gramata-Chspam, SPHere), preface
“The text in question is remarkable on all levels. By its form (a fable, the story of a single individual on an island who discovers by his reason the truth of the universe, then meets another man ...), its content (the relationship between religion and philosophy, development of reason, mystical intuition, pantheism, etc.) and its destiny (edited and translated in the 17th century, the book immediately became a bestseller in Enlightenment Europe, known to all the philosophers of the time , Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, and all writers, too - since it is believed that he may have influenced Daniel Defoe’s "Robinson Crusoe"). A major text, therefore, in a remarkable version absolutely unknown”.
: : Pub. Rivages, Petite Bibliothèque
: : 215 pages
: : EAN : 139782743652166
: : February 2021