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The Improvement of Human Reason, by Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Malik Ibn Tufayl (1105 - 1185), translated by Simon Ockley (1678 - 1720)

This project is now complete. All files can be downloaded from the catalog page here:https://librivox.org/improvement-of-human-reason-by-ibn-tufail/[/color]
The writer of this tale was a student of the renowned Muslim philosopher Avicenna, whose ideas (and those of earlier Greek philosophers, especially Aristotle) are reflected in the text. By some means (alternative explanations are offered by the author) an infant finds himself on an uninhabited island, where he is nurtured by a deer. As he grows he learns much about the environment he encounters, forming ideas about his similarities and differences from the plants and creatures around him. His thoughts turn to cosmology, ethics, metaphysics and religion. He adopts an ascetic lifestyle, and epiphanic experiences lead him to devote his being to seek union with an ultimate essential being. When he receives a human visitor he is moved to spread his spiritual insights to other humans but is discouraged from this by the overall "brutish" nature of humanity and returns to his ascetic life on the island. (Summary by Peter Tucker)


Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16831

Target completion date: 2023-08-15

Prooflistening level: Standard
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Genres for the project: Culture & Heritage Fiction

Keywords that describe the book: philosophy, middle ages, religion, fantasy, autodidacticism, Sufi, Muslim, asceticism

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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs

Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

For the first section, say:
"Section (or Chapter) # of The Improvement of Human Reason. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "The Improvement of Human Reason, by Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Malik Ibn Tufayl, translated by Simon Ockley. Section Title."
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:
"Section (or Chapter) # of The Improvement of Human Reason, by Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Malik Ibn Tufayl, translated by Simon Ockley. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of The Improvement of Human Reason, by Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Malik Ibn Tufayl, translated by Simon Ockley."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: improvementofhumanreason_##_ibntufayl_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. improvementofhumanreason_01_ibntufayl_128kb.mp3)

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Last edited by unreadpages on August 28th, 2023, 8:09 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Checking in as DPL.
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I'll set the project up - back soon Anne

All yours - interesting choice - enjoy yourself
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Section 1 is PL OK.
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Here is Sect 2
https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/improvementofhumanreason_02_ibntufayl_128kb.mp3
18:49
I have skipped over the notes and gone straight on to the "history"
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Part 2 is PL OK.

In quest of always learning something knew, here are a couple of pronunciations:
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/libra
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/controversy

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Here is Sect 3.
https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/improvementofhumanreason_03_ibntufayl_128kb.mp3
18:08
Sorry for the delay. I was sick, which caused problems with my reading voice.
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Part 3 is PL OK.
I do hope you're improving. It's absolutely brutal. Please do take as long as you need to recover. Trying to get back to cruising speed too soon can sometimes do more harm than good.
A quick heads up: there will be a period in July and August, starting in about two weeks' time, when I'll only be on LV intermittently, or probably more off LV than on. There's a note for the deadline for this project as mid-August, and I don't want singlehandedly to scupper your targets.
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Here is Sect 4
https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/improvementofhumanreason_04_ibntufayl_128kb.mp3
19:06
There isn hurry to get this completed from my POV. The deadline is just a number.
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Section 04 is PL OK.
Okay, thank you for letting me know. I never fill that out because life has a way of laughing at my best laid plans, and I feel guilty when sometimes I've had to go sailing past my self-imposed deadline. I don't need to publicly state my failed intentions as well.
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Here is Sect 5
https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/improvementofhumanreason_05_ibntufayl_128kb.mp3
19:53
Sorry I'm a bit slow with this one. There's another big task taking up a lot of my time!
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Section 5 is PL OK.
Take as much time as you need.
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Section 6 is PL OK.
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