http://www.metafilter.com/tags/khaldun Posts tagged with 'khaldun' at MetaFilter. Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:01:42 -0800 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:01:42 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/64992/The%2DKhaldun%2DOption <a href="http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/weblog/519.html">A Kurdish-controlled Iraq?</a> <blockquote>The goal of human society, ibn Khaldun thought, was the development of culture and the sciences.</blockquote>For a variety of reasons, namely "geopolitical reality," it'd never work, but a poli-sci friend of mine did call it "philosophically interesting and compelling even." tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.64992 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:01:42 -0800 iraq khaldun kurds philosophy politics war kliuless