On this showing, the nature of the breakdowns of civilizations can be summed up in three points: a failure of creative power in the minority, an answering withdrawal of mimesis on the part of the majority, and a consequent loss of social unity in the society as a whole.


Vol. 4 (1948), part B, p. 6. - A Study of History (1934–1961)

Arnold J. Toynbee Quotes

On this showing, the nature of the breakdowns of civilizations can be summed up in three points: a failure of creative power in the minority, an...

On this showing, the nature of the breakdowns of civilizations can be summed up in three points: a failure of creative power in the minority, an...

On this showing, the nature of the breakdowns of civilizations can be summed up in three points: a failure of creative power in the minority, an...

On this showing, the nature of the breakdowns of civilizations can be summed up in three points: a failure of creative power in the minority, an...