“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.” WholeThreeSocialLossCreativeCivilizationMajorityUnityMinoritiesBreakdownWithdrawalCreative PowerMimesis Author:Arnold J. Toynbee
“The only real struggle in the history of the world ... is between the vested interest and social justice.” WorldRealSocialInterestJusticeStruggleSocial JusticeWorld HistoryVested Interests Author:Arnold J. Toynbee
“We shall have to share out the fruits of technology among the whole of mankind. The notion that the direct and immediate producers of the fruits of technology have a proprietary right to these fruits will have to be forgotten. After all, who is the producer? Man is a social animal, and the immediate producer has been helped to produce by the whole structure of society, beginning with his own education.” MenHas BeensWholeSocialAnimalTechnologyShareMankindProduceDirectStructureFruitNotionForgottenProducers Author:Arnold J. Toynbee
“The world's greatest need . . . is mutual confidence. No human being ever knows all the secrets of another's heart. Yet there is enough confidence between mother and child, husband and wife, buyer and seller . . . to make social life a practical possibility. Confidence may be risky, but it is nothing like so risky as mistrust.” KnowsWorldNeedsHumansHeartMayChildrenEnoughMotherSocialHuman BeingsSecretWifePossibilityHusbandPracticalsMutualHusband And WifeSocial LifeMistrustSellersBuyersMother And Child Author:Arnold J. Toynbee
