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Arnold J. Toynbee: A Life
One of the most remarkable thinkers of this century, Arnold Toynbee won world-wide recognition as the author of the monumental ten-volume A Study of History. Its publication and phenomenal success brought him fame and the highest praise, as the reading public proclaimed him the most renowned scholar in the world. This thought-provoking, engaging study of Toynbee, written by one of today's most eminent historians, weaves together Toynee's intellectual accomplishments and the personal difficulties of his private life. Providing both an intimate portrait of a leading thinker and a judicious evaluation of his work and his legacy for the the study of history, William H. McNeill offers both a biog...
Reminiscences And Letters Of Joseph And Arnold Toynbee. Edited By Gertrude Toynbee
This book is a collection of the reminiscences and letters of Joseph and Arnold Toynbee, two prominent British intellectuals of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The book provides a unique insight into the life and work of the Toynbee family, including their views on education, social reform, and politics. It is edited by Gertrude Toynbee, Arnold's wife, who herself was a writer and social reformer. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Western Question in Greece and Turkey
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Surviving the Future
Revision of a dialogue beween Kei Wakaizumi and Arnold Toynbee, originally published, in Japanese, in installments in the Mainichi Shimbun.
Life After Death
"A substantial section of the book is devoted to a survey of religious attitudes to survival of death since many religions arise as the direct effect rather than the cause of Man's concern with what happens afterwards. But it is not only the formal religions of East and West which provide comfort and rituals for human societies. Science both medical and anthropological is here represented, mysticism and secular culture have their place, and the intimations of survival offered by extra sensory perception are sensitively explored by an outstanding practitioner - Rosalind Heywood. Finaly Arthur Koestler in a brilliant summing up offers a tenative theory of survival with which the most sceptical reader will find it difficult to argue."--front and back flaps.
Change and Habit
Proposes the convincing argument that negative habits can he change and must be if the global problems now confronting us are to he solved.
War and Civilization
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