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A24071	The history of Hai Eb'n Yockdan, an Indian prince, or, The self-taught philosopher written originally in the Arabick tongue by Abi Jaafar Eb'n Tophail ... ; set forth not long ago in the original Arabick, with the Latin version by Edw. Pocock ... ; and now translated into English.; Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān. English	Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, d. 1185.; Pococke, Edward, 1604-1691.; Ashwell, George, 1612-1695.	1686 (1686)	Wing A151; ESTC R19263	86,160	248

it were one and the same Body which he had in his hands yet he handled it in a different manner according as his instruments were fitted for it and with relation to those ends the effecting whereof he had proposed to himself Upon these considerations he likewise § 22 conceived that it was one and the same Animal Spirit the action whereof was Seeing when it made use of its instrument the Eye Hearing when it made use of the Ear Smelling when it made use of the Nose In like manner it exercised its faculty of Tasting by the Tongue and of Touching by the Skin and Flesh more especially of the Hand So when it made use of any Limb to work ought by the effect was motion When it made use of the Liver the effect was Nutrition when of the Stomach it was the receiving and concocting of the Aliment And every one of these actions had its proper part subservient to it none of which could discharge its office but by the vertue of that influence which was thereunto derived from the forementioned spirit resident in the Heart thorow those passages which are called the Arteries insomuch that whensoever they chanced to be broken off or cut asunder or else obstructed the action of that part of the Body presently ceased He found also that all these Arteries derive that spirit from the Ventricles of the Brain and that the Brain receives it from the Heart as also that there is a great quantity thereof in the Brain because that is the place wherein he found several Vessels in which it lay and whereby it was thence distributed into all parts of the Body He also perceived that if any part of the Body came by any means whatsoever to be deprived of the Influx of this spirit the action thereof immediately ceased so that it became like to a contemptible Tool or Instrument cast aside as of no use at all Also that if this spirit forsook the Body altogether or by any means came to be wasted or dissolved the whole Body at the same time became deprived of motion and was reduced to the state of Death These Observations of his and Meditations § 23 thereupon had brought him to that degree of knowledge which I forementioned at what time he had attained to the end of his third Septenary viz. to the twenty first year of his Age. Within the fpace of which time he found out many things of very great use to him for the conveniencies of life For he clothed himself with the skins of wild Beasts when he had cut them out for his use He also shod his Feet with them having made him thread of their Hair as also of the rind of the stalks of Althaea Mallows Hemp and the like Plants which were easie to be parted asunder and drawn into Threads And this he had learned to do out of his former experience in making use of the Rushes He made himself also a kind of 〈◊〉 or Bodkins of the strongest Thorns he could get and of small pieces of Canes whetted and sharp pointed with stones Then for the Art of Building he was taught it by what he saw the Swallows did So he fitted himself with a Room wherein to repose and rest himself and another place for a Larder wherein he laid up the remainder of his victuals He guarded it also with a door compacted of Canes joyned close together lest any wild Beast should chance to enter into it when he happened to be from home upon any occasion He also got into his hands certain Birds of prey which he made use of for Hawking and others of the tamer sort which he bred up and then fed upon their Eggs and Young ones He also took to him the Horns of wild Bulls which he found lying on the Ground the sharp tips whereof he affixed to strong Canes and to thick Staves made of the wood of the Tree Alzan and others of the like kind And so partly by the help of Fire and partly of sharp edged Stones he so fitted them that they served him instead of so many Spears He made himself also a Shield of the skins of Beasts parted into several folds and then compacted together And all these he made him because he saw himself distitute of natural Armes And when he now saw that his § 24 hand served him instead of all and supplied whatsoever desects Nature had made him liable to so that none of all the various kinds of wild Beasts durst oppose him but fled away from him and so excelled him only in their Nimbleness he bethought himself of finding out some art whereby to meet with them in their flight and master this Nimbleness of theirs To which end he judged nothing could be more convenient than to take and tame one of the swifter sort of the wild Beasts and so long to breed it up nourishing it with food agreeable to its nature until at length he might get upon the Back of it and therewith pursue other kind of wild Beasts Now there were in that Island wild Horses and wild Asses out of which number having made choice of some which seemed fittest for his purpose he made them by degrees so gentle and tractable that at length by their help and service he became master of his wishes And when he had made for them out of Thongs and Skins somewhat that competently served him instead of Bridles and Saddles it was no hard matter for him to compass his ends in catching those wild Beasts which he very hardly if at all could have taken any other way All these Arts and Devices he found out whilst he was otherwise busied in dissecting of Bodies and studiously searching after the Properties of the several Parts of Animals and wherein they differed from each other And all this he did in that space of time which even now we assigned viz. within the compass of one and twenty years But after this he began to expatiate § 25 farther in his Contemplations and to take a large view of all such Bodies in the World as were subject to Generation and Corruption as the various kinds of Animals Plants Minerals and divers sorts of Stones Likewise the Earth and Water the Exhalations and Vapours the Ice Snow Hail Smoke Fire and Hoar-frost wherein he discerned much variety of Qualities with diversity of Actions and Motions partly agreeing with partly disagreeing from each other For as he gave his mind to a serious consideration of all these he saw that in part they agreed and in part disagreed in respect of their qualities as also that as they were one in respect of that wherein they agreed so they were many and diverse in respect of what they differed in When therefore he sometimes looked into the Properties of several Creatures whereby they were distinguished from one another he discerned them to be so various and manifold that they were past numbring and that nature diffused it self so far and wide that it was

Heat discomposed him or he had need to rise for the easing Nature of her Excrementitious Burdens So that his meditations were ever and anon interrupted and he himself was forced to retire from the enjoyment of that state of mind wherein he was so exceedingly delighted and so fully satisfied forasmuch as he could not but very hardly and after a difficult strugling with himself return to that state of Vision wherein he was before ingaged Whereupon he feared lest being prevented by suddain Death whilst he was in that state of Aversion he should fall unawares into Eternal Misery and the grief of being everlastingly separated from the Beatifical sight of that Object wherein he solely delighted Whenas therefore he was thus afflicted § 62 with the consideration of his present State nor was able to find out any remedy for it he began to examine and consider in his mind all sorts of brute Creatures to take notice of all their Actions and what they imployed themselves about if so be he could perceive that any of them had any knowledge of this supream and self-existent Being and made shew of any inclination or tendency thereto that so he might learn of them what was the true cause and means of that happiness which he sought after But he soon perceived that they were imployed in getting their food and in satisfying their desires of Meat Drink and propagating their Kind that they betook themselves to the shade in hot scorching Weather and took care to keep themselves warm in the cold of Winter and the Night season and that they diligently applyed themselves to these imployments both Night and Day until the very time of their Death and departure out of this Life Neither saw he any one of them which diverted its course of living from this ordinary way or was at any time solicitous in the pursuit of any other design Whence it clearly appeared to him that these brute Creatures understood not any thing of the supream Being nor were affected with any desire of him nor were in the way or in any manner of capacity of obtaining the knowledge of him but that on the contrary they all tended to nothing or to a state near of kin thereunto And whenas he had concluded thus far concerning brute Animals he quickly saw that it was more rational to judge the same of Plants and Vegetables which had but few of those sensible apprehensions or operations that brute Animals had For seeing those Creatures which were of a more perfect apprehension could not arrive to this knowledge much less could they obtain it whose faculties were less perfect when he saw withall that all the operations of Plants extended not beyond nourishment and the propagation of kind After this he considered with himself § 63 the Stars and the Spheres of Heaven and observed that they all moved in a set constant Order and were all carried about in a regular Course He saw also that they were bright and shining Bodies and far from being subject to any alteration or corruption Whereupon he strongly guessed that besides their Bodies they had Essences or Forms which knew the necessarily existent Being and that these intelligent Forms or Essences were like unto his and so neither Bodies nor inherent in Bodies For how should these heavenly Bodies want such forms or Essences as are free from any bodily mixture whenas he had the like who notwithstanding was so weak and frail and stood in need of so many sensible and bodily things to maintain his life For seeing he who was ranked in the number of corruptible Bodies yet notwithstanding all his defects was not thereby hindred from having such an Essence within him as was incorporeal and incorruptible much more then concluded he the same of the heavenly Bodies and thereby assured himself that they knew that necessarily existent Being and enjoyed a perpetual Vision thereof because there was no obstacle found in or about them arising from sensible Objects which could hinder them from the continual enjoyment of this Vision as they ever and anon interrupted him Then he began to consult with § 64 himself wherefore he alone among all the sorts of living Creatures should be endued with that Essence or form whereby he was made to resemble the heavenly Bodies For it had been manifestly made appear to him before what was the nature and condition of the Elements and that some of them were changed into others that whatsoever was found upon the surface of the Earth did in no wise continue in the same form but that Generation and Corruption perpetually succeeded each other as also that most of these Bodies were mixt and compounded of contrary ingredients and therefore tended to Corruption that there was nothing to be found amongst them which was absolutely pure but that which was nearest to Purity and Simplicity and farthest removed from mixture among these earthly Bodies was also farthest removed from Corruption as the Body of the Gold and of the Hyacinth But as for the heavenly Bodies they were Simple and Pure and for that cause farther distant from Corruption so that they were not liable to any succession of Forms Here also it appeared to him that as to the Bodies which are found in this lower World and are subject to Generation and Corruption some of them were such whose Essence consisted of one Form alone superadded to their Corporeity as the four Elements others whose Essential State or Nature consisted of more than one as Plants and Animals It appeared also to him that the nature of those Bodies which consisted of fewer forms had fewer operations and were farther distant from Life and that if there were any Body to be found which was destitute of a Form it had no Capacity of obtaining Life or exercising vital actions but was in a state like to privation or nothing but that the Body whose Essential subsistence consisted of more Forms withal exercised more Actions and had a more easie and ready entrance to the state of Life and if the Form were so disposed that there was no way of separating it from the matter whereto it properly belonged then was the Life thereof very manifest firm and vigorous but on the contrary whatsoever Body was wholly destitute of a Form was nothing else but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or matter having no Life at all in it so that it was near of kin to nothing Furthermore he saw that the Bodies which subsisted in one Form were the four Elements which had the first and lowest degree of Existence in this lower World which is subject to Generation and Corruption and that all other Bodies which had more Forms were compounded of these but that these Elements had a very weak kind of Life or Principle of Action seeing they were moved but one kind of way and every one of them had some contrary which manifestly opposed it resisting it in that whereunto its Nature tended and endeavouring to deprive it of its Form