Historically the first philosopher to enquire deeply into the nature of corruption in society was Ibn Khaldun (1322-1406), whose wandering life was largely spent in the northern littoral of Africa at a time when kingdoms and sultanates were crumbling.

— Pierre Stephen Robert Payne The Corrupt Society - From Ancient Greece To Present-Day America (1975)

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