| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
a cross-cultural history of autodidacticism |
| Author: |
Ben-ZakenAvner, |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
Baltimore |
| Published: |
Johns Hopkins University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
2011 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (xiii, 191 p.)ill. : |
| Series: |
History of science |
| Subject: |
Islamic philosophy - |
| Personal Subject: |
Ibn Tufayl - Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Malik - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780801899720/ |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: |
9780801899720electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0801899729electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9780801897399hbk. |
| ISBN: |
0801897394hbk. |
| Content Note: |
Introduction : the pursuit for the "natural-self" -- Taming the mystic (Marrakesh, 1160s) -- Climbing the ladder of philosophy (Barcelona, 1348) -- Defying authority, defying predestination andconquering nature (Florence, 1493) -- Employing the self and experimenting with nature (Oxford,1671) -- Conclusion : sampling the history of autodidacticism |