70. To Revitalise the Dying Organism

70. To Revitalise the Dying Organism

A diseased social organism sometimes sets up within itself forces which have a tendency to preserve the health of the organism – e.g. the birth of a great Personality which may revitalise the dying organism by the revelation of a new ideal.

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* This entry was incorporated into the paper ‘The Muslim

Community’ later the same year. The passage read: “… just as

an individual organism, in a state of disorder, sometimes

unconsciously sets up within itself forces which tend to its

health, so a social organism, under the corroding influence of

destructive forces, may sometimes call into being

counteracting forces – such as the appearance of an inspiring

personality, the birth of a new ideal, or a universal religious

reform – which tend to restore its original vitality…” – KAS.