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65: Ibn Khaldun - The Muqaddimah

The Nietzsche Podcast

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Ibn Khaldun's Theory of History Is a Branch of Philosophy

Ibn Khaldun sees the operations of economics and geopolitics as ironclad in governing human affairs. By interpreting history through the Islamic lens, Khaldun is viewing human society as unalterable by our free will. The true historian attempts to come up with an explanation, a knowledge of how and why it happened. A lot of misconceptions about history are misunderstandings because many people are so resistant to having any sort of imposed narrative.

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