1st Edition

Ibn Khaldûn's Philosophy of History A Study in the Philosophic Foundation of the Science of Culture

By Muhsin Mahdi Copyright 1957
328 Pages
by Routledge

327 Pages
by Routledge

327 Pages
by Routledge

This book, first published in 1957, is the study of 14th-century Arab historian Ibn Khaldun, who founded a special science to consider history and culture, based on the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle and their Muslim followers. In no other field has the revolt of modern Western thought against traditional philosophy been so far-reaching in its consequences as in the field of history. Ibn... Read more

1. Historical Background and Fragments of a Biography  2. Philosophy and the Law  3. From History to the Science of Culture  4. The Science of Culture: Its Subject Matter and Problems  5. The Science of Culture: Its Principles and Method

Biography

Muhsin Mahdi