Civilization on TrialThirteen essays and lectures written over a period of years, dealing with many problems. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 31
Page 118
... able to solve that one vital problem of political con- struction on a greater scale which their masters had re- peatedly attempted to solve without ever succeeding ? Sec- ondly , how was it that the Greeks and Italians went on failing ...
... able to solve that one vital problem of political con- struction on a greater scale which their masters had re- peatedly attempted to solve without ever succeeding ? Sec- ondly , how was it that the Greeks and Italians went on failing ...
Page 160
... able to sort out their common experiences , which are specific , from their unique experiences , which are individual . In this way we may be able to work out a morphology of the species of society called civilizations . If , by the use ...
... able to sort out their common experiences , which are specific , from their unique experiences , which are individual . In this way we may be able to work out a morphology of the species of society called civilizations . If , by the use ...
Page 208
... able to call their souls their own , it may prove to have been the Islamic spirit that has given fresh form to the void . This spirit may be expected to manifest itself in many practical ways ; and one of these manifestations might be a ...
... able to call their souls their own , it may prove to have been the Islamic spirit that has given fresh form to the void . This spirit may be expected to manifest itself in many practical ways ; and one of these manifestations might be a ...
Contents
My View of History | 3 |
The Present Point in History | 16 |
Does History Repeat Itself? | 29 |
Copyright | |
10 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
achieved Al-Gabarti American ancient Babur's Britain British Buddhism Byzantine called civilizations Ch'ien Lung China Chinese Christendom Christian Church city-states civiliza Commonwealth Constantinople contemporary countries course cultural Delian League Earth East Roman Eastern Orthodox economic Emperor English European union event fact French future Graeco-Roman Graeco-Roman civilization Graeco-Roman world Greece Greek civilization Greek language heritage Herodian higher religions Hindu historians human hundred Imām India industrial institutions Islam Kingdom Latin living look mankind Marshall Plan means mediaeval mind modern Western Moscow Muslims Mustafa Kemal Atatürk non-Western opium Orthodox Christendom Ottoman ourselves parochial perhaps physical planet political present primitive progress race relations revolution Roman Empire Rome Russian salvation secular civilization social society soul Soviet Union species spiritual surviving Syrian tion to-day traditional Turkish Turks turn unification United West European Western Christendom Western civilization Western Europe Western world whole world-wide Zealot