Toynbee

[ toin-bee ]

noun

1. Arnold J(oseph), 1889–1975, English historian.

Toynbee

/ ˈtɔɪnbɪ /

noun

1. ToynbeeArnold18521883MBritishSOCIAL SCIENCE: economistSOCIAL SCIENCE: social reformer Arnold 1852–83, British economist and social reformer, after whom Toynbee Hall , a residential settlement in East London, is named
2. ToynbeeArnold Joseph18891975MBritishHISTORY: historian his nephew, Arnold Joseph . 1889–1975, British historian. In his chief work, A Study of History (1934–61), he attempted to analyse the principles determining the rise and fall of civilizations

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The historian Arnold Toynbee famously theorized that history proceeds by a special type of dialectic: challenge and response.

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When what Toynbee called a “creative minority” does not rise to the occasion of a great challenge, society withers and dies.

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Comparative historians like Spengler, Pareto and Toynbee realized that history did not merely happen but had some kind of pattern.

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Toynbee Hall is not the only place in East London where (p. 175) such works are carried on.

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Was there not room for another Toynbee, inspired still more definitely than the first with the ideals of a simpler Christianity?

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Dr. Toynbee has long promised to publish a paper on this matter.

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"Mazzini is the true teacher of our age," said Arnold Toynbee.

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