Oswald Spengler (1880–1936)

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 show more 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 show less

Luin tämän lopulta loppuun. Kirja olisi kaivannut kovasti editoria, mutta ajatukset sinänsä olivat mielenkiintoisia.

I'm under the impression that this book was once held in quite high esteem, but today it's hard to find anything of value in it. The author thinks he can trace and predict the course of human history by studying the history of art. That's all you need to know.

1931: Spengler mette a punto la sua visione della relazione sostanziale tra uomo e tecnica, il destino della nostra folle impresa di asservimento della natura e le organizzazioni sociali che questo impeto ha generato. Fondamentale.