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Edward Pococke, Jr. published a Latin translation of a novel in this language that he titled Philosophus Autodidactus. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this language that Ibn Tufayl used to write a novel about Hayy ibn Yaqzan (“yak-ZAN”), whose name was taken from an Ibn Sina book also written in this language.
ANSWER: Arabic [or al-‘arabiyyah; accept Classical Arabic or al-Fuṣḥā or al-ʻArabīyah al-Fuṣḥā]
[10h] Hayy ibn Yaqzan is raised by a gazelle in one of these locations. Gaunilo replied to St. Anselm’s ontological argument in In Behalf of the Fool by considering one of these locations.
ANSWER: islands [accept Lost Island]
[10m] Hayy ibn Yaqzan’s isolation was partly inspired by a thought experiment created by Ibn Sina, which argues for the soul’s existence by imagining a man in this state who is without any sense perception.
ANSWER: floating [accept floating man or flying man or man suspended in air]
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Oxford BBristol B10101030
Cambridge BManchester10101030
Southampton BDurham A010010
Cambridge CImperial A0101020
LSE AWarwick B10101030
BirminghamLSE B1010020
Cambridge DOxford A100010
Cambridge ASouthampton A1010020
Southampton ADurham A010010
Bristol AVanderbilt1001020
Warwick ADurham B1010020