Arnold J. Toynbee - A Study of History

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Technology: the invention, manufacture, and use of tools.

Arnold J. Toynbee

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.

Arnold J. Toynbee

… the dogma that History is just "one damned thing after another...."

Arnold J. Toynbee

There is no such thing as gratitude in international politics.

Arnold J. Toynbee

So-called racial characteristics are not really racial at all but are due to the historical experiences of the communities in question.

Arnold J. Toynbee

The value of the goal lies in the goal itself; and therefore the goal cannot be attained unless it is pursued for its own sake.

Arnold J. Toynbee

No being can be what he is unless he is putting his essence into action in his field.

Arnold J. Toynbee