"Five centuries before Darwin discovered the specific features of evolution, Ibn Khaldun wrote that humans developed from "the world of the monkeys" through a widening process in which "species become more numerous." Nearly half a millennium before Karl Marx sketched the systematic implications of the labor theory of value, Ibn Khaldun wrote that "labor is the real basis of profit." Four hundred years before Auguste Comte's "invention" of sociology, Ibn Khaldun unveiled his "science of culture."Ibn Khaldun: A Dialectical Philosopher for the New Millennium by George Katsiaficas Wentworth Institute of Technology//en.yabiladi.com/topics/khaldun-44-1942841-1942841.html#msg-1942841 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:54:42 +0200 Phorum 5.2.15