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The improvement of human reason, exhibited in the life of Hai ebn Yokdhan written in Arabick above 500 years ago, by Abu Jaafar ebn Tophail. In which is demonstrated, By what Methods one may, by the meer Light of Nature, attain the Knowledg of things Natural and Supernatural; more particularly the Knowledge of God, and the Affairs of another Life. Illustrated with proper figures. Newly translated from the Original Arabick, by Simon Ockley, A. M. Vicar of Swavesey in Cambridgshire. With an appendix, in which the possibility of man's attaining the true knowledg of God, and Things necessary to Salvation, without Instruction, is briefly consider'd.

Title
The improvement of human reason, exhibited in the life of Hai ebn Yokdhan [electronic resource] : written in Arabick above 500 years ago, by Abu Jaafar ebn Tophail. In which is demonstrated, By what Methods one may, by the meer Light of Nature, attain the Knowledg of things Natural and Supernatural; more particularly the Knowledge of God, and the Affairs of another Life. Illustrated with proper figures. Newly translated from the Original Arabick, by Simon Ockley, A. M. Vicar of Swavesey in Cambridgshire. With an appendix, in which the possibility of man's attaining the true knowledg of God, and Things necessary to Salvation, without Instruction, is briefly consider'd.
Author
Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, -1185.
Publication
London : printed and sold by Edm. Powell in Black-Friars, and J. Morphew near Stationers-Hall, 1708.

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[12],195,[1]p.,plates; 8⁰.
Uniform Title
  • Hayy ibn Yaqdhan. English
  • Eighteenth century collections online.
Alternative Title
Hayy ibn Yaqdhan.
Subject
Philosophy, Islamic > Early works to 1800
Note
  • The appendix has a separate dated titlepage.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642717749
  • T86070
Author
Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, -1185.
Title
The improvement of human reason, exhibited in the life of Hai ebn Yokdhan [electronic resource] : written in Arabick above 500 years ago, by Abu Jaafar ebn Tophail. In which is demonstrated, By what Methods one may, by the meer Light of Nature, attain the Knowledg of things Natural and Supernatural; more particularly the Knowledge of God, and the Affairs of another Life. Illustrated with proper figures. Newly translated from the Original Arabick, by Simon Ockley, A. M. Vicar of Swavesey in Cambridgshire. With an appendix, in which the possibility of man's attaining the true knowledg of God, and Things necessary to Salvation, without Instruction, is briefly consider'd.
Imprint
London : printed and sold by Edm. Powell in Black-Friars, and J. Morphew near Stationers-Hall, 1708.
Series
Eighteenth century collections online.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T86070.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
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