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184 quotes from Oswald Spengler: 'We are born into this time and must bravely follow the path to the destined end. There is no other way. Our duty is to hold on to the lost position, without hope, without rescue, like that Roman soldier whose bones were found in front of a door in Pompeii, who, during the eruption of Vesuvius, died at his post ...
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“There is no proletarian, not even a Communist movement,...
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Prussianism and Socialism
Prussianism and Socialism1919, translated by Donald O. White 1. It is the heritage of anguished centuries, and it distinguishes us from all other people—us, the youngest and last people of our culture. ... 1. At the end of the [eighteenth] century Spain had long ceased to be a great power, and France was on the way to following her example. Both were old and exhausted nations, proud but weary, looking towards the past, but lacking the true ambition—which is to be strictly differentiated from...
On the German National Character
First published in Deutsches Adelsblatt, XLII (1924). 1. And now to the decisive factor: our boundless urge to follow and serve, to worship anyone or anything, to believe blindly and with doglikeloyalty, all advice to the contrary notwithstanding.
Man and Technics
1. Optimism is cowardice. 1. The fight against Nature is hopeless and yet — it will be fought out to the bitter end. 1. A beast of prey tamed and in captivity — every zoological garden can furnish examples — is mutilated, world-sick, inwardly dead. Some of them voluntarily hunger-strike when they are captured. Herbivores give up nothing in being domesticated. 1. All great discoveries and inventions spring from the delight of strong men in victory. They are expressions of personality and not o...
Alongside the vibrant radical literary culture of Berlin there was another literary world, appealing to the conservative nationalist part of the middle classes, rooted in nostalgia for the lost Bis...Today this unquestioned faith in the machine has been severely shaken. The absolute validity of the machine has become a conditioned validity: even Spengler, who has urged the men of his generation...He has completely mastered ten or fifteen sciences. He has a penetrating judgment on the whole historical process, as far as history reaches. And he also has something which men of today almost nev...Spengler, Oswald. The Decline of the WestVol. I (1926) and vol. II (1928), Alfred A. KnopfBerdyaev, Nikolai (1922). The Pre-Death Thoughts of FaustThere is no proletarian, not even a Communist movement, that has not operated in the interests of money, and for the time being permitted by money - and that without the idealists among its leaders having the slightest suspicion of the fact. Enjoy the best Oswald Spengler Quotes at BrainyQuote.
Explore 30 inspiring quotes by Oswald Spengler, a German historian, philosopher, and cultural critic. Learn about his views on the decline of Western civilization, the role of art and music, and the nature of philosophy.
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