Comments on: Ibn Khaldun on the Rise and Decline of Corporate Empires https://www.isegoria.net/2013/08/ibn-khaldun-on-the-rise-and-decline-of-corporate-empires/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:25:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Ross https://www.isegoria.net/2013/08/ibn-khaldun-on-the-rise-and-decline-of-corporate-empires/comment-page-1/#comment-939837 Ross Sun, 01 Sep 2013 03:51:59 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=32633#comment-939837 FYI Isegoria, Turchin’s new book (draft; requesting comments) is here.

David Foster, thanks for pointer to Citadelle.

]]> By: David Foster https://www.isegoria.net/2013/08/ibn-khaldun-on-the-rise-and-decline-of-corporate-empires/comment-page-1/#comment-937863 David Foster Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:58:40 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=32633#comment-937863 Ibn Kaldun’s ideas seem to have been a major influence on Antoine de St-Exupery’s novel of ideas Citadelle (published in English under the most unfortunate title Wisdom of the Sands). The book was never quite finished, since St-Exupery was killed flying a P-38 mission, but it is very thought-provoking and well worth reading, although the style, at least in the English translation, is a little off-putting, sort of faux-biblical.

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