English miscellany: a symposium of history, literature and the arts, Volume 8British Council, 1957 - Art A symposium of history, literature and the arts. |
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... mankind has one origin and one goal . Origin and goal are unknown to us , utterly unknown by any kind of knowledge . They can only be felt in the glimmer of ambiguous symbols . Our actual existence moves between these two poles ; in ...
... mankind has one origin and one goal . Origin and goal are unknown to us , utterly unknown by any kind of knowledge . They can only be felt in the glimmer of ambiguous symbols . Our actual existence moves between these two poles ; in ...
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... Mankind's piecemeal vision of reality » 9 . In answer to the question « Why do people study history ? » Toynbee answers : « In order to feel after God and find Him » . Historical knowledge is merged with reli- gious knowledge ( just as ...
... Mankind's piecemeal vision of reality » 9 . In answer to the question « Why do people study history ? » Toynbee answers : « In order to feel after God and find Him » . Historical knowledge is merged with reli- gious knowledge ( just as ...
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... mankind will be transported to a higher develop- ment out of time when the unity of alla truth has been made . manifest 74. It is difficult to see how such a view cannot be called theosophic , for , as Toynbee himself writes : God's ...
... mankind will be transported to a higher develop- ment out of time when the unity of alla truth has been made . manifest 74. It is difficult to see how such a view cannot be called theosophic , for , as Toynbee himself writes : God's ...
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