The Decline of the West

About this eBook

Author

Spengler, Oswald, 1880-1936

Title

The decline of the West, Volume 1 : Form and actuality

Original Publication

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1926.

Credits

Tim Lindell, KD Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

CB: History: History of civilization

Subject

Civilization -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72344

Release Date

December 6, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE DECLINE OF THE WEST FORM AND ACTUALITY
2. 2.TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE
3. 3.PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION
4. 4.PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
5. 5.CONTENTS OF VOLUME I
6. 6.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI
7. 7.CHAPTER II THE MEANING OF NUMBERS — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI — XVII — XVIII
8. 8.CHAPTER III THE PROBLEM OF WORLD-HISTORY — I PHYSIOGNOMIC AND SYSTEMATIC — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII
9. 9.CHAPTER IV THE PROBLEM OF WORLD-HISTORY — II THE IDEA OF DESTINY AND THE PRINCIPLE OF CAUSALITY — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII
10. 10.CHAPTER V MAKROKOSMOS — I THE SYMBOLISM OF THE WORLD-PICTURE AND THE SPACE-PROBLEM — I — II — III — IV — V
11. 11.CHAPTER VI MAKROKOSMOS — II APOLLINIAN, FAUSTIAN AND MAGIAN SOUL — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X
12. 12.CHAPTER VII MUSIC AND PLASTIC — I THE ARTS OF FORM — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII MUSIC AND PLASTIC — II ACT AND PORTRAIT — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX
14. 14.CHAPTER IX SOUL-IMAGE AND LIFE-FEELING — I ON THE FORM OF THE SOUL — I ON THE FORM OF THE SOUL — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX
15. 15.CHAPTER X SOUL-IMAGE AND LIFE-FEELING — II BUDDHISM, STOICISM, SOCIALISM — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX
16. 16.CHAPTER XI FAUSTIAN AND APOLLINIAN NATURE-KNOWLEDGE — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV
17. 17.INDEX
18. 18.TABLES

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