"It is already becoming clear that a chapter which had a Western beginning will have to have an Indian ending if it is not to end in self-destruction of the human race. At this supremely dangerous moment in human history, the only way of salvation is the ancient Hindu way. Here we have the attitude and spirit that can make it possible for the human race to grow together in to a single family."
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In Salil Gewali, Great Minds on India (New Delhi: Penguin Random House, 2013)
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Arnold J. Toynbee
1889 – 1975
britischer Kulturtheoretiker und Geschichtsphilosoph
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