|Articles|November 15, 2001
Difficult Times Prompt Us to Wonder if our Lives are Ruled by Choice or Chance
The great English historian, Arnold Toynbee, showed that cultures develop and prosper only in response to challenges: no challenge, no positive evolution. He, German philosopher Oswald Spengler, and others followed the rise and fall of civilizations, noting remarkable similarities:
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