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Ibn Tufayl's Hayy Ibn Yaqzan: A Philosophical Tale islam the view from the edge The writings of Cajetan areThe Arabic philosophical fable Hayy Ibn Yaqzan is a classic of medieval Islamic philosophy. Ibn Tufayl (d. 1185), the Andalusian philosopher, tells of a child raised by a doe on an equatorial island who grows up to discover the truth about the world and his own place in it, unaidedbut also unimpededby society, language, or tradition. Hayys discoveries about God, nature, and man challenge the values of the culture in which the tale was written as well