Hayy ibn Yaqdan

A medieval philosophicla novel written by Ibn Tufail in reponse to al-Ghazali's Tahafut al-Falsafa.This novel was subsequently translated into many European langauges and was widely read during the time whcih later came to be known as 'the Age of Reason' . We will read more about this important novel and discuss it by way of understanding the link between Arab culutre and early Renaissance activities across Europe.