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人类的明天会怎样？：汤因比回思录
拥有两幅面孔的古罗马门神“雅努斯”，像极了我们每一个人：我们在年轻时竭力往前看，却在年老时沉溺于过往；我们面临有限的寿命，但拥有无垠的精神世界；我们都是忍受不完美的凡人，但依旧在社会和历史中寻求价值。
也许汤因比做得比我们都好。他比我们更多地回望，更深刻地感知生活的苦难、战争的阴影、文明的盈满则亏。他有理由悲观。然而，他从未放弃在黑暗中寻找微光，为志业追求奋斗一生，以凡人之躯求索人类命运。
在这本回忆录里，汤因比时而沉重，时而戏谑，娓娓道来成长、求学、工作等经历，反思战争、科技、教育等重大议题，并收录他用希腊文、拉丁文、英文创作的32首诗歌。本书不仅刻画了这位史学巨匠睿智又平凡的形象，还间接体现出20世纪世界大战等巨变对个体智识活动的影响，更重要的是，传递给我们在回顾历史后仍追问明天的勇气。
也许汤因比做得比我们都好。他比我们更多地回望，更深刻地感知生活的苦难、战争的阴影、文明的盈满则亏。他有理由悲观。然而，他从未放弃在黑暗中寻找微光，为志业追求奋斗一生，以凡人之躯求索人类命运。
在这本回忆录里，汤因比时而沉重，时而戏谑，娓娓道来成长、求学、工作等经历，反思战争、科技、教育等重大议题，并收录他用希腊文、拉丁文、英文创作的32首诗歌。本书不仅刻画了这位史学巨匠睿智又平凡的形象，还间接体现出20世纪世界大战等巨变对个体智识活动的影响，更重要的是，传递给我们在回顾历史后仍追问明天的勇气。
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466 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1969
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About the author
Arnold J. Toynbee
692 books521 followersNot the same as Arnold Toynbee, economist and nephew of Arnold Joseph Toynbee
British educator Arnold Joseph Toynbee noted cyclical patterns in the growth and decline of civilizations for his 12-volume Study of History (1934-1961).
He went to Winchester college and Balliol college, Oxford.
During both world wars, he worked for the foreign office. He additionally published Nationality and the War (1915), The Armenian Atrocities: The Murder of a Nation (1915), The German Terror in France: An Historical Record (1917), and Turkey, a Past and a Future (1917). He attended the peace conference of Paris in 1919 as a delegate.
From 1919 to 1924, Arnold J. Toynbee served as professor of modern Greek and Byzantine at King's college, London. From 1925, Oxford University Press published The Survey of International Affairs under the auspices of the royal institute of international affairs, and Toynbee, professor, oversaw the publication. From 1925, Toynbee served as research professor and director at the royal institute of international affairs. He published The Conduct of British Empire Foreign Relations since the Peace Settlement (1928).
His first marriage to Rosalind Murray produced three sons and ended in divorce in 1946. Toynbee, professor, then married Veronica M. Boulter, his research assistant. He published Civilization on Trial (1948).
Toynbee served as research professor and director at the royal institute of international affairs until 1955.
People published best known lectures of Toynbee, professor, in memory of Adam Gifford as An Historian's Approach to Religion (1956). His massive work examined development and decay. He presented the rise and fall rather than nation-states or ethnic groups. According to his analysis, the welfare depends on ability to deal successfully with challenges.
He also published Democracy in the Atomic Age (1957), Christianity among the Religions of the World (1958), and Between Niger and Nile (1965).
He died in York, North Yorkshire, England.
British educator Arnold Joseph Toynbee noted cyclical patterns in the growth and decline of civilizations for his 12-volume Study of History (1934-1961).
He went to Winchester college and Balliol college, Oxford.
During both world wars, he worked for the foreign office. He additionally published Nationality and the War (1915), The Armenian Atrocities: The Murder of a Nation (1915), The German Terror in France: An Historical Record (1917), and Turkey, a Past and a Future (1917). He attended the peace conference of Paris in 1919 as a delegate.
From 1919 to 1924, Arnold J. Toynbee served as professor of modern Greek and Byzantine at King's college, London. From 1925, Oxford University Press published The Survey of International Affairs under the auspices of the royal institute of international affairs, and Toynbee, professor, oversaw the publication. From 1925, Toynbee served as research professor and director at the royal institute of international affairs. He published The Conduct of British Empire Foreign Relations since the Peace Settlement (1928).
His first marriage to Rosalind Murray produced three sons and ended in divorce in 1946. Toynbee, professor, then married Veronica M. Boulter, his research assistant. He published Civilization on Trial (1948).
Toynbee served as research professor and director at the royal institute of international affairs until 1955.
People published best known lectures of Toynbee, professor, in memory of Adam Gifford as An Historian's Approach to Religion (1956). His massive work examined development and decay. He presented the rise and fall rather than nation-states or ethnic groups. According to his analysis, the welfare depends on ability to deal successfully with challenges.
He also published Democracy in the Atomic Age (1957), Christianity among the Religions of the World (1958), and Between Niger and Nile (1965).
He died in York, North Yorkshire, England.
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February 16, 2013
I picked up this book because of the reference to a strange phenomena that I personally experienced years ago in Philadelphia -- The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles. I have to say that this book was a very interesting treatise on religion, philosophy, theology and the afterlife. I plan to read it again, because it is so full of information, it is difficult to digest in just one read. If you are interested in philosophy and the possibility of reincarnation and resurrection, this is the book for you.
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