"The term of life of a dynasty does……" — Ibn Khaldun
"The term of life of a dynasty does not normally exceed three generations. For in the first generation are still preserved the characteristic features of rough, uncivilized rural life, such as hard conditions of life, courage, ferocity, and partnership in authority. Therefore the strength of the 'Asabiya is maintained ..."
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Ibn Khaldun
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18 Quotes by Ibn Khaldun
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Therefore, the Negro nation are, as a rule, submissive to slavery, because [Negroes] have little [that is essentially] human and…
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Businesses owned by responsible and organized merchants shall eventually surpass those owned by wealthy rulers.
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All the sciences came to exist in Arabic. The systematic works on them were written in Arabic writing.
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The sciences of only one nation, the Greeks, have come down to us, because they were translated through Al-Ma'mun's efforts.…
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Eventually, Aristotle appeared among the Greeks. He improved the methods of logic and systematized its problems and details. He assigned…
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He who finds a new path is a pathfinder, even if the trail has to be found again by others;…
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We know that the Zanj (blacks) are the least intelligent and the least discerning of mankind, and the least capable…
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The past resembles the future more than one drop of water resembles another.
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Sedentary culture is the goal of civilization. It means the end of its lifespan and brings about its corruption.
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Man is essentially ignorant, and becomes learned through acquiring knowledge.
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