The Decline of the West. Complete One Volume Edition by Oswald Spengler
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
An important look at the history of Western civlization written in 1917. An incredibly probing look into the meanins of culture, philosophy, etc. from a mascroscopic, pan-historical view. Very heavy, I can scarcely handle five pages a day. Now, I am over half-way through volume II. The reading here gets near impenetrable, though some sections like Nobles and The Priesthood are thick with deep thoughts worth considering. I finally finished this after months of effort. I have read no finer work of historic and pan-cultural study. Here on the eve of WWI, Spengler predicted the Cold War, American apathy with a corrupt political system and much more
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