Definition of Oswald Spengler

1. Noun. German philosopher who argued that cultures grow and decay in cycles (1880-1936).

Exact synonyms: Spengler
Generic synonyms: Philosopher

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Literary usage of Oswald Spengler

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1921)
"The German social philosopher or culture-metaphysician, Oswald Spengler, believed in a theory of the social life-cycle. To him, every society has a ..."

2. Henry Adams and His World by David R. Contosta, Robert Muccigrosso (1993)
"He died in the same year in which Oswald Spengler completed his Untergang des Abendlandes (whose exact English translation is not merely "The Decline" but ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1922)
"II by Oswald Spengler. Die Deutsche Romantik by A. Stockmann. The Literary Year in Ireland POETRY, DRAMA, FICTION The Sword of the West by Austin Clarke. ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"The two famous authors on whom the Nazis pride themselves, Stefan George and Oswald Spengler, were opposed to the present Government, and the Nazis' love of ..."

5. A Mind AT Work: We are our Questions. An Homage to Mihai Nadinby Mihai Nadin, Mercedes Vilanova, Frederic Chordá by Mihai Nadin, Mercedes Vilanova, Frederic Chordá (2003)
"Oswald Spengler, one of many philosophers after Kant who, due to the explosion of knowledge in all fields, claimed that philosophers of his time could not ..."

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