Ibn Khaldun is quite possibly one of the greatest minds we've ever had. I had to buy this book for my Origins of Pre-Islamic Arabian Civilizations couIbn Khaldun is quite possibly one of the greatest minds we've ever had. I had to buy this book for my Origins of Pre-Islamic Arabian Civilizations course, and we only had to read a small excerpt, but I read it all. He's an unbelievable mind.
I'm rather disappointed this book was used only as a tool to aid Islamic theology (though it absolutely helped). But Khaldun wrote some of the VERY first theories on historiography (my favorite subject, it even beats out biochemistry and civil politics, except no one really knows much about it), economics, sociology, chemistry, and even ethnology. ...more
How can one go through life without reading the Wealth of Nations?
Adam Smith had the idea of modern economics before the United States was even soverHow can one go through life without reading the Wealth of Nations?
Adam Smith had the idea of modern economics before the United States was even sovereign (I go not so much for good writers, as I do for innovative and groundbreaking thinkers). Imagine coming up with your own idea of an economic system long before the world was ready. And unlike Marx, may I mention, Smith's ideals are not only flourishing and still seen today, but they are the foundation of the many, many economies and nations....more
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