fahim mohammed
Well-known member
No wait, please. Before you change the channel, this is not an introduction to me.
It is a title; " The Introduction ". Of a book, obviously.
The book deals with the rise and fall of civilizations. It is an
endeavor of immense proportions. Conceived and delivered by
one man, ths is a work of a lifetime.
The work transcends the time and space of a Judge and Diplomat. The palette is
human history. While the master's brush is specific at
times, the brush strokes are free to wander. The brush is
only restricted by the master's unrestricted canvas.
Wide and narrow, thick and thin, fine and coarse, the brush
is just an instrument of this man's vision and commanded by
this scholar's concepts. Distance, time and regional
structures are laid bare. Civilizations across time. The
rise and fall of nations provide the fodder for a study
that would set the standards for discourse, and introduce
rigorous and objective methods to history writing.
Long before Adam Smith, four centuries before to be exact,
a thinker's pen would expound on the theories of economics.
Largely forgotten, hardly mentioned or intentionally
omitted by modern day curriculae this work
ranks ( with me ) as one of the greatest writings on
Social Science and Economics.
A monumental work of epic proportions. An individual's
thoughts, personal story, and a treatise on the rise and
fall of nations. It stands, in my humble opinion,
unchalleged to this day.
A reader at OPF asked an important question in regard
to a post I had made; " The Dark Age ". An attempt to
answer that specific and many more far reaching questions,
I can do no better than refer my OPF friend to this work.
A work by probably one of the last scholars of Medieval
Muslim civiliation.
The masterly work was produced around seven hundred years
ago.
It is known in the Arabic speaking world as
" Al- Muqqaddimah ". In English the title would be
translated as " The Introduction ". Like I mentioned at the
beginning of this post.
I have mentioned his writings, I want you to find out
about the author, if you are interested.
The image below is from Fez, Morocco.
It is a title; " The Introduction ". Of a book, obviously.
The book deals with the rise and fall of civilizations. It is an
endeavor of immense proportions. Conceived and delivered by
one man, ths is a work of a lifetime.
The work transcends the time and space of a Judge and Diplomat. The palette is
human history. While the master's brush is specific at
times, the brush strokes are free to wander. The brush is
only restricted by the master's unrestricted canvas.
Wide and narrow, thick and thin, fine and coarse, the brush
is just an instrument of this man's vision and commanded by
this scholar's concepts. Distance, time and regional
structures are laid bare. Civilizations across time. The
rise and fall of nations provide the fodder for a study
that would set the standards for discourse, and introduce
rigorous and objective methods to history writing.
Long before Adam Smith, four centuries before to be exact,
a thinker's pen would expound on the theories of economics.
Largely forgotten, hardly mentioned or intentionally
omitted by modern day curriculae this work
ranks ( with me ) as one of the greatest writings on
Social Science and Economics.
A monumental work of epic proportions. An individual's
thoughts, personal story, and a treatise on the rise and
fall of nations. It stands, in my humble opinion,
unchalleged to this day.
A reader at OPF asked an important question in regard
to a post I had made; " The Dark Age ". An attempt to
answer that specific and many more far reaching questions,
I can do no better than refer my OPF friend to this work.
A work by probably one of the last scholars of Medieval
Muslim civiliation.
The masterly work was produced around seven hundred years
ago.
It is known in the Arabic speaking world as
" Al- Muqqaddimah ". In English the title would be
translated as " The Introduction ". Like I mentioned at the
beginning of this post.
I have mentioned his writings, I want you to find out
about the author, if you are interested.
The image below is from Fez, Morocco.
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