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The Awakening of the Soul

by Ibn Tufayl

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  1. 1Transciber’s Note
  2. 2Motto · Dedication — Editorial Note
  3. 3Introduction
  4. 4Different Accounts of the Birth of Hayy Ibn Yokdhan
  5. 5Hayy Ibn Yokdhan, Son of a Princess
  6. 6Hayy Is Exposed by His Mother
  7. 7Hayy Is Driven by the Tide to Another Island
  8. 8Hayy Is Found by a Roe, Which Takes Care of Him
  9. 9Spontaneous Generation
  10. 10Hayy Grows Up Nursed by the Roe
  11. 11Hayy Learns to Imitate Animals’ Voices
  12. 12Hayy Begins to Take a Careful View of Things
  13. 13Hayy Observes the Difference Between the Animals and Himself
  14. 14Hayy as a Boy of Seven. He Covers Himself With Leaves
  15. 15Hayy Becomes Aggressive, and Attacks Wild Beasts
  16. 16Hayy Covers Himself With the Skin of an Eagle
  17. 17Hayy Spreads Terror Among the Beasts
  18. 18Hayy Is Grief-Stricken at the Death of the Roe
  19. 19Hayy Takes an Aversion to the Dead Body
  20. 20Hayy Buries the Body of the Roe
  21. 21Hayy Observes Divers Kinds of Living Creatures and Plants
  22. 22Hayy Discovers Fire Kindled by the Friction of Reeds
  23. 23Hayy Makes Himself Clothes and Shoes of the Skins of Animals
  24. 24Hayy Learns to Ride
  25. 25Hayy Examines the Nature of Bodies
  26. 26Hayy Transfers His Thoughts to the Heavenly Bodies
  27. 27Hayy Ponders Over Heaven and Stars
  28. 28Hayy Finds That the Body of Heaven Is Finite
  29. 29Hayy Contemplates Sun, Moon, and Stars
  30. 30Hayy Concludes That the Heaven Is of a Spherical Figure
  31. 31Hayy Ponders Over the Creation of the World
  32. 32Hayy Concludes That the World Must Have a Creator Without Bodily Su…
  33. 33Hayy Admires the Work of the Creator
  34. 34Hayy Is Completely Taken Up With the Contemplation of the Superior…
  35. 35Hayy Examines All His Senses and Faculties
  36. 36Hayy Returns to the Sensible World
  37. 37Asal and Salaman Appear on the Scene
  38. 38Nature and Character of Asal and Salaman
  39. 39Further Differences of Asal and Salaman
  40. 40Asal Repairs to Hayy’s Island
  41. 41Hayy and Asal Meet
  42. 42Hayy Catches Hold of Asal
  43. 43Hayy and Asal Stroke One Another
  44. 44Hayy and Asal Try to Understand Each Other
  45. 45Asal Makes Hayy Eat of His Food
  46. 46Hayy Ibn Yokdhan at Last Joins Asal at Dinner, but Repents Afterwards
  47. 47Asal Becomes Hayy’s Companion and Teacher
  48. 48Hayy Enlightens Asal on His Inner Life
  49. 49Asal Tells Hayy of the Island From Whence He Had Come
  50. 50Hayy Observes That Men Are Dull, Stupid and Brutish
  51. 51Asal Persuades Hayy to Follow Him to His Island
  52. 52Hayy and Asal Return Together to Asal’s Island
  53. 53Hayy Begins to Teach and Instruct Salaman’s Subjects
  54. 54Hayy Despairs of Being Able to Reform the Vulgar Crowd
  55. 55Hayy’s Philosophical Views on the Value of This World
  56. 56Hayy Gives Up His Preachings and Teachings
  57. 57Asal and Hayy Return to Their Island
  58. 58Epilogue of the Author

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