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65: Ibn Khaldun - The Muqaddimah

The Nietzsche Podcast

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Ibn Khaldun's Theory of History

Ibn Khaldun lived at a time when social mobility and interconnectivity were at its peak in the Mediterranean amongst the Muslim world. He served as a judge in Cairo and met personally with the famed conqueror Timmer, also known as Tamarlin. As a well-traveled man who held high offices, met with great kings, and had access to the works of the Muslim, Christian, Greek, and Hebrew canons,. Ibn Khaldun became one of the most fascinating philosophical figures, not just of the ancient Near East, but all of human history.

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