An Arab Philosophy of History: Selections from the Prolegomena of Ibn Khaldun of Tunis eric hobsbawm In this work

In this work

For its moving account of the execution of Socrates

Other contributors then examine each case in detail through a lively commentary-and-response format

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Khan's skill as a translator is on full display

An Arab Philosophy of History: Selections from the Prolegomena of Ibn Khaldun of Tunis eric hobsbawm In this workThe Prolegomena of Ibn Khaldun are in many ways the most remarkable manifestation of Islamic philosophical thought. Not only did Ibn Khaldun sum up the accumulated knowledge and leading doctrines of his civilization, but in many fields he broke new ground and anticipated the findings of Western social scientists of the last two centuries. The passages have been grouped to illustrate Ibn Khaldun's views on: Historical, Method, Geography, Economics,