I did not quote Ibn Khaldun fully in this post (towards the end of the post).
Check out the very last sentence in this full quote:
(The influence of) religion, then, decreased among men, and they came to use restrictive laws. The religious law became a branch of learning and a craft … People … assumed the character trait of submissiveness to law. This led to a decrease in their fortitude … Clearly, then, governmental and educational laws destroy fortitude, because their restraining influence is something that comes from outside. The religious laws, on the other hand, do not destroy fortitude, because their restraining influence is something inherent. Therefore, governmental and educational laws … weaken their souls and diminish their stamina (source: The Muqaddimah, translated by Franz Rosenthal (2005), p. 96-97)
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