What ends a nation?

What ends a nation? December 10, 2015

 

Ibn Khaldun statue
A statue of Ibn Khaldun in Tunis
(Wikimedia Commons)

 

Throughout history many nations have suffered a physical defeat, but that has never marked the end of a nation. But when a nation has become the victim of a psychological defeat, then that marks the end of a nation.

Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406)


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