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The Decline of the West
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The Decline of the West maps out why the West has to go into decline because of the circumstances that have arisen from within it.
Michael Knowles · Modern Wisdom · Jun 2021 Listen at 48:43 What they say about it
- Called a lunatic“another lunatic oswald spangler”2
- Discussed by Jeffrey Tucker“the works of Oswald Spengler”2
The best things said about it
Because now you're reading all the way into your the the the 1910s with the works of Oswald Spengler you know the the right hey galleon German theorist and enraptured every American here they're all reading his book oh my god the decline of the West we better reconstitute ourselves as a tribe or we're gonna be eaten alive by.
And oswald spengler in the decline of the west volume we wrote two whole giant books on this.
Josh Barnett The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 2024 As the US increased its commitments to a growing series of wars in Southeast Asia kiss grew more dedicated to the work of a guy named Oswald Spangler spangler's book the decline of the West is not something I am well equipped to describe or explain in detail but Greg grandon is so I'm going to quote from him again.
But there's another lunatic oswald spangler who wrote a book called decline of the west.
He was reading and I said, what do you think about Spingler's Decline of the West? He was reading and I said, you are better educated than I see most undergraduates with BAs from good schools.
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The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler, Arthur Helps, and Charles Francis Atkinson is a monumental historical and philosophical work that argues civilizations go through a predictable cycle of birth, growth, maturity, and ultimate decay. Victor Davis Hanson on The Megyn Kelly Show recalled discussing the text with Charlie Kirk, praising Kirk's reading habits and understanding of such complex material. Josh Barnett mentioned the book on The Joe Rogan Experience, noting the massive scope Spengler used to analyze civilizational cycles. On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans discussed the book to illustrate the intellectual influences that shaped Henry Kissinger's worldview during the Vietnam War era. Michael Knowles spoke about the work on Modern Wisdom, observing that while it is read less frequently today than it was decades ago, it powerfully maps out how Western civilization's internal circumstances compel its decline. Sheldon Solomon brought up Spengler's work on the Lex Fridman Podcast, citing the provocative historical outlook contained within its pages. Finally, Jeffrey Tucker on The Rubin Report highlighted the book as an influential early twentieth-century text that deeply enraptured American thinkers and right-wing reactionaries, prompting them to rethink tribalism and the trajectory of Western society during the 1910s and subsequent decades.
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Jeffrey Tucker because now you're reading all the way into your the the 1910s with the works of Oswald Spengler you know t… 2
“because now you're reading all the way into your the the the 1910s with the works of Oswald Spengler you know the the right hey galleon German theorist and enraptured every American here they're all reading his book oh my god the decline of the West we better reconstitute ourselves as a tribe or we're gonna be eaten alive by”
“because now you're reading all the way into your the the 1910s with the works of Oswald Spengler you know the the right hey galleon German theorist and enraptured every American here they're all reading his book oh my god the decline of the West”
Sheldon Solomon but there's another lunatic oswald spangler who wrote a book called decline of the west 2
“but there's another lunatic oswald spangler who wrote a book called decline of the west”
“and then there's another lunatic oswald spangler who wrote a book called decline of the west”
Josh Barnett and oswald spengler in the decline of the west volume we wrote two whole giant books on this 1
“and oswald spengler in the decline of the west volume we wrote two whole giant books on this”
Michael Knowles I mean, the Oswald Spengler's book, now it's a not really read quite as much, but, you know, 60, 70 years a… 1
“I mean, the Oswald Spengler's book, now it's a not really read quite as much, but, you know, 60, 70 years ago was read quite a bit, The Decline of the West, maps out why the West has to go into decline because of the circumstances that have arisen from within it.”
Robert Evans as the US increased its commitments to a growing series of wars in Southeast Asia kiss grew more dedicated… 1
“as the US increased its commitments to a growing series of wars in Southeast Asia kiss grew more dedicated to the work of a guy named Oswald Spangler spangler's book the decline of the West is not something I am well equipped to describe or explain in detail but Greg grandon is so I'm going to quote from him again”
Victor Davis Hanson He was reading and I said, what do you think about Spingler's Decline of the West? He was reading and I sai… 1
“He was reading and I said, what do you think about Spingler's Decline of the West? He was reading and I said, you are better educated than I see most undergraduates with BAs from good schools.”
