Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- General Introduction
- Part I On History
- Part II On Combat Solidarities
- Part III On the State
- Part IV Cities
- Part V Earning a Living
- Part VI Sciences
- Part VII Texts from Ibn Khaldūn’s Universal History
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Part I - On History
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 January 2025
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- General Introduction
- Part I On History
- Part II On Combat Solidarities
- Part III On the State
- Part IV Cities
- Part V Earning a Living
- Part VI Sciences
- Part VII Texts from Ibn Khaldūn’s Universal History
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Summary
History rests upon testimonies, just as Islamic Law does. Ibn Khaldûn disagrees. For him, history is an intellectual and universal science, like logic. Reason is entitled to dismiss the testimonies.
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- Ibn Khaldūn: Political Thought , pp. 1Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025