Hayy ibn Yaqdhan

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:novel
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Philosophus_Autodidactus
gptkbp:author gptkb:Ibn_Tufail
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Al-Andalus
gptkbp:firstEnglishTranslation 1708
gptkbp:firstLatinTranslation 1671
gptkbp:genre philosophical fiction
allegory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hayy ibn Yaqdhan
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Robinson_Crusoe
Enlightenment philosophy
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Hayy_ibn_Yaqdhan
gptkbp:notableFor depiction of autodidacticism
early science fiction elements
influence on European thought
gptkbp:setting desert island
gptkbp:subjectOf numerous academic studies
gptkbp:theme nature of human reason
relationship between religion and philosophy
self-taught knowledge
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Latin
English
gptkbp:writtenBy gptkb:Arabic
12th century
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arab
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4