Hayy ibn Yaqzan

Ibn Tufayl · ابن طفيل

Ibn Tufayl’s philosophical novel in the original Arabic, complete in 90 pages: a child raised alone on an equatorial island reasons his way from nothing to a complete metaphysics, with no teacher, book or language. It reached Latin in 1671 as Philosophus Autodidactus. Text from Arabic Wikisource.

Set in Scheherazade New at 13.5pt over 1.9 leading, and bound right-to-left so the spine falls where an Arabic reader expects it. The source carries no chapter divisions and none were invented — Ibn Tufayl wrote continuously, and the chapter headings found in translations are their translators’ work rather than his.

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Language: Arabic
Format: 6 × 9 in — US Trade
Binding: Hardcover · Case wrap
Extent: 90 pages
Paper: 60# cream, uncoated
Cover: Matte
Typeface: Scheherazade New

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