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İbn Tufeyl: Aklın Yaşamı
On ikinci yüzyıl İslam dünyasının, modern Batı felsefesini de etkileyen önemli ismi Endülüslü İbn Tufeyl’in hayatını, onun en önemli eseri kabul edilen Hay bin Yakzân üzerinden anlatan bu dikkat çekici biyografi Magrib’in entelektüel hayatına özgün bir bakış sunuyor. İslam fikir tarihi alanının önemli uzmanlarından biri olan Taneli Kukkonen, İbn Tufeyl’in yaşamını ve eserlerini ustalıkla incelerken, onun bir yandan tasavvufi ve siyasi bağlarını, bir yandan da Batı Müslümanlığının akılcılığını göz önüne seriyor. Daniel Dafoe’nun ünlü romanı Robinson Crusoe’ya ve diğer pek çok esere ilham veren Hay bin Yakzân’ın yazarına yakından bakmak isteyen bugünün okuru için İbn Tufeyl: Aklın Yaşamı bilgi dolu bir çalışma...
- GenresPhilosophy
224 pages, Paperback
First published November 17, 2014
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Taneli Kukkonen
9 books1 followerTaneli Kukkonen has held appointments at the Universities of Victoria, Jyväskylä, and Otago. He is currently Visiting Professor in Philosophy at New York University Abu Dhabi. He has published widely on topics in Arabic philosophy and the Aristotelian tradition.
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January 17, 2021
I'm falling in love with this series! Every book is so awesome!!
There is almost no sources for the life of ibn tufayl. So the whole book was pretty much a study of his book hayy ibn yaqzan. The way Dr kukkonen has brought out facts from this book is astonishing. After reading this book one can truly appreciate in tufayl's classic.
There is almost no sources for the life of ibn tufayl. So the whole book was pretty much a study of his book hayy ibn yaqzan. The way Dr kukkonen has brought out facts from this book is astonishing. After reading this book one can truly appreciate in tufayl's classic.
March 28, 2020
12.yy’daki Endülüs aydınlanmasının önemli filozoflarından İbn Tufeyl’in entelektüel biyografisi ve meşhur romanı Hay b. Yakzân’ın felsefî arkaplanı üzerine ciddi ve başarılı bir inceleme.
Bir yandan da Aristoteles, Platon, Galen, Endülüs, Fârâbî, İbn Sina, Gazalî, İbn Arabî vd üzerine iyi bir ufuk turu...
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Bir yandan da Aristoteles, Platon, Galen, Endülüs, Fârâbî, İbn Sina, Gazalî, İbn Arabî vd üzerine iyi bir ufuk turu...
Yakında Türkçede...
September 4, 2022
تحليل متكامل للأفكار الفلسفية المضمّنة في حي بن يقظان مع إشارات من هنا وهناك إلى السياق العلمي لهذه الآراء. مطالعتي للكتاب كانت أقرب للفضول بطريقة التقديم والتحليل والتعليق منها إلى كتاب ابن طفيل ذاته. طريقة تبويب الكتاب ومحاولة تفكيك قصة حي بن يقظان إلى أفكارها الفلسفية وحججها هو الذي كان ممتعا بالنسبة لي. كيف تأخذ كتابا ما، تدركه وتفهمه، وتفهم سياقاته، ثم تقدّمه بطريقة متكاملة، أكاديمية؟ هذا ما كنت أبتغي جوابه من هذه المطالعة، وكانت ممتعة من هذا الجانب.
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"Ibn Tufayl's singular achievement lay in the bold and confident way he indicated that a grand intellectual synthesis could be achieved that would incorporate the insights of the medical professionals, the Aristotelian philosophers, and the Sufis (to name a few)."
فكرة توحيد وأقلمة الأنظمة الفكرية المختلفة في نسق واحد ليست مستغربة في السياق التراثي، بل شبه شائع، مثال ذلك: ابن سينا مع الكلام الاعتزالي، الغزالي مع الفلسفة، الرازي مع كل علوم ومذاهب الدنيا، وهكذا. شيوع synthesis الأنظمة هذا يدل على انفتاح فكري وسعي دؤوب غير مقيّد نحو الحق.
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"Ibn Tufayl's singular achievement lay in the bold and confident way he indicated that a grand intellectual synthesis could be achieved that would incorporate the insights of the medical professionals, the Aristotelian philosophers, and the Sufis (to name a few)."
فكرة توحيد وأقلمة الأنظمة الفكرية المختلفة في نسق واحد ليست مستغربة في السياق التراثي، بل شبه شائع، مثال ذلك: ابن سينا مع الكلام الاعتزالي، الغزالي مع الفلسفة، الرازي مع كل علوم ومذاهب الدنيا، وهكذا. شيوع synthesis الأنظمة هذا يدل على انفتاح فكري وسعي دؤوب غير مقيّد نحو الحق.
July 20, 2018
Kokkonen's book about Tufayl is an analysis of his philosophy. Mainly, it is an study of his main work: Hayy ibn Yaqdhan.
On the positive, the first two chapters are a good introduction to Muslim Spain. Some of the background of the Almohad revolution is mentioned & the state of affairs during Umayyad rule. This is important setup for the any historical character as it help understanding the period.
The biggest drawback about this book is the lack of quotations. There are none. Instead, this comes off as a mere introduction & commentary of his work. It talks about Aristotelian Philosophy & its effects on Arab philosophers, but there are no direct quotes. This makes reading this book a bit of a bore.
If you are looking to study this poet, I would only use this as a commentary. Otherwise, it is not worth the read.
On the positive, the first two chapters are a good introduction to Muslim Spain. Some of the background of the Almohad revolution is mentioned & the state of affairs during Umayyad rule. This is important setup for the any historical character as it help understanding the period.
The biggest drawback about this book is the lack of quotations. There are none. Instead, this comes off as a mere introduction & commentary of his work. It talks about Aristotelian Philosophy & its effects on Arab philosophers, but there are no direct quotes. This makes reading this book a bit of a bore.
If you are looking to study this poet, I would only use this as a commentary. Otherwise, it is not worth the read.
June 17, 2016
A book with much potential but a testament to poor execution. The basic idea was to produce a commentary on Ibn Tufayl's Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, a forerunner to Robinson Crusoe. I really liked the structure and the way the writer approached the topic. What was disappointing was the unimaginative manner in which the topic was discussed and the lack of insight. This has the constant feel of an interesting first draft but really needed a lot of work.
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