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I cannot conceive of a good life which isn't, in some sense, a self-disciplined life.

Philip Toynbee

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Philip Toynbee

Philip Toynbee

Born: June 25, 1916
Died: June 15, 1981 (aged 64)
Bio: Theodore Philip Toynbee was a British writer and communist. He wrote experimental novels, and distinctive verse novels, one of which was an epic called Pantaloon, a work in several volumes, only some of which are published.
Known for:
  1. Fearful choice, a debate on nuclear policy (1974)
  2. The age of the spirit (1973)
  3. The barricades (1943)
  4. Part of a journey (1981)
  5. Prothalamium, a cycle of the Holy Graal (1947)

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