As the house has its household gods, so has the city its protecting deity, its local saint. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. The city also, like the peasants hut, has its roots in the soil. What his house is to the peasant, the city is to civi lized man. Jun 29, 2019 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Translated into english as the decline of the west. The elucidation consists primarily in revealing the implicit metaphysical presuppositions which spengler never fully discussed or recognized. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
Oswald arnold gottfried spengler 1880 1936 was a german historian and philosopher of history whose interests included mathematics, science, and art. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Dear roonyjwelch, the expression evening lands predates its use by oswald spengler by several centuries. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Untergang des abendlandes the decline of the west, and written by an. The second volume, subtitled perspectives of world history, was published in 1922. Please read our short guide how to send a book to kindle. The city has, as oswald spengler has recently pointed out, its own culture. Spengler revised this volume in 1922 and published the second volume, subtitled perspectives of world history, in 1923 spengler introduces his book as a copernican overturning involving the. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Spenglers werk wird in zyklen immer wieder neu entdeckt.
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