The nature of the breakdowns of civilizations can be summed up in three points: a failure of creative power in the minority, an answering withdrawal of mimesis on the part of the majority and a consequent loss of social unity in the society as a whole.

Arnold J. Toynbee

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Decline of civilization

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Arnold J. Toynbee

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English

Time

1947 1940s 20th century

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Historian

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United Kingdom Europe

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Toynbee, Arnold J. Quoted in A Study of History: Abridgement of Volumes I-VI, written by D.C. Somervell. Oxford University Press, 1948, vol. 4.

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Ludwig von Mises

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Ludwig von Mises
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Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
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Von Mises, Ludwig. Human Action: A Treatise on Economics. Yale University Press, 1949, ch. 27.