Toynbee's overall theory was taken up by some scholars, such as Ernst Robert Curtius, as a sort of paradigm in the post-war period. In the opening pages of his own study of medieval Latin literature,. Curtius wrote: How do cultures, and the historical entities which are their media, arise, grow and decay? Only a comparative morphology with exact procedures can hope to answer these questions. It was Arnold J. Toynbee who undertook the task.
toynbee's overall theory was taken up by some scholars such as ernst robert curtius as a sort of paradigm in the post-war period in the opening pages of his own study of medieval latin literature curtius wrote how do cultures and the historical entities which are their media arise grow and decay only a comparative morphology with exact procedures can hope to answer these questions it was arnold j toynbee who undertook the task