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A Biological and Mystical Interpretation of History: Arnold J. Toynbee

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Jacques Madaule

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At first glance it may seem paradoxical that a historian as resolutely idealist, in almost every sense of the word, as Arnold J. Toynbee, could be accused by some of his critics of replacing historical method by that of the natural sciences. This charge has been made, however, and upon reflection we realize that, rather than being overcome with astonishment, we must seek to explain the charge and, if possible, to justify Toynbee's method.

Type
Research Article
Information
Diogenes , Volume 4 , Issue 13 , January 1956 , pp. 29 - 44
Copyright
Copyright © 1956 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)

References

1. Civilization on Trial (New York, Oxford University Press, 1948), pp. 11-12.