Ibn Tufayl

Ibn Tufayl was an Andalusian philosopher, physician and court official of the Almohad Caliphate, born near Granada. Serving as physician and vizier to the caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf I, he introduced Averroes to the court and encouraged him to write his commentaries on Aristotle. His philosophical novel Hayy ibn Yaqzan tells of a man who reaches knowledge of God through reason alone on a desert island.