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The Decline of the West, Vol 1: Form and Actuality

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Oswald Spengler
Oswald Spengler

Oswald Spengler was a German philosopher and historian, born on May 29, 1880, and died on May 8, 1936. He is best known for his work 'The Decline of the West', which proposed a theory of cultural cycles, suggesting that civilizations and cultures follow a cycle of growth, maturity, and decline. more

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