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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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227 |
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AUTHOR:
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Arnold Joseph Toynbee (1889–1975) |
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QUOTATION:
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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. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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ARNOLD J. TOYNBEE, A Study of History, vol. 4, part B, p. 6 (1948). |
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SUBJECTS:
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Civilization |
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