Oswald Spengler. The Decline of the West. An abridged edition by
Helmut Werner. English abridged edition prepared by Arthur Helps
from the translation by Charles Francis Atkinson. New York:
oxford University Press c199 [1926, 1928, 1932]. xxxx,415, xvix
ORIGIN AND LANDSCAPE: THE GROUP OF THE HIGHER CULTURES [230-
244]
In the history, the genuine history, of higher men, The stake
fought for and the basis of the animal struggle to prevail is
ever--even when the driver and driven are completely unconscious
of the symbolic force of their doings, purposes and fortunes--the
actualization of something that is essentially spiritual, the
translation of an idea into a living historical form. This
applies equally to the struggle of big style-tendencies in art,
of philosophy, of political ideals and of economic forms. But
the post-history is void of all this. All that remains is the
struggle for mere power, for animal advantage per se.
Sections from Spengler, The Decline of the West:
Introduction: Civilization
Introduction: Imperialism
Architecture and Divinities
Imitation and Ornament
The History of Style as an Organism
Arts as Symbol of the Higher Order
Popular and Esoteric
Will to Power
Impressionism
Morale of Dawning Civilizations
The History of Style as an Organism
Pergamum and Bayreuth: the End of Art
Classical Behaviour Drama and Faustian Character Drama
Every Culture Possesses its own Ethic
Every Science is Dependent upon Religion
Atheism
Origin and Landscape: the Group of the Higher Cultures
Cities
Reformation
Science
Second Religiousness
The State
Politics
Conclusion
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