Arnold J. Toynbee

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Arnold Joseph Toynbee (* 14. April 1889 in London; † 22. Oktober 1975 in York, Yorkshire) war ein britischer Kulturtheoretiker und ein bedeutender Geschichtsphilosoph des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er gilt als letzter großer Universalhistoriker.

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Arnold J. Toynbee

sagte1971

We shall have to share out the fruits of technology among the whole of mankind.

— Surviving the Future (1971; Oxford UP, 1972) p. 95

Arnold J. Toynbee

sagteDec 1966

A city that outdistances Man's walking powers is a trap for Man.

— "Has Man's Metropolitan Environment Any Precedents?", Ekistics, vol. 22, no. 133 (December 1966) pp. 385–7

Arnold J. Toynbee

sagte1965

[E]very oasis is an island that has water inside it but not round it.

— Between Niger and Nile (London: Oxford UP, 1965) 20. Cyrenaïca's Green Mountain

Arnold J. Toynbee

sagte10 Oct 1963

We have been Godlike in our planned breeding of our domesticated plants and animals, but we have been rabbitlike in our unplanned breeding of ourselves.

— "Man and Hunger: The Perspectives of History", entered into the Congressional Record by Senator Ernest Gruening (10 October 1963)

Arnold J. Toynbee

sagte4 Jun 1963

The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.

— "Man and Hunger: The Perspectives of History", Speech to the World Food Congress (4 June 1963). Printed in K. Y. Ng (ed.) The Population

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