biography
pronunciation:
[shpenggler]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1880–1936)
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| biography:
| Philosopher of history, born in Blankenburg, C Germany. He studied at Halle, Munich, and Berlin, and taught mathematics before devoting himself entirely to the morbidly prophetic Der Untergang des Abendlandes (2 vols, 1918–22, The Decline of the West), which argues that all cultures are subject to the same cycle of growth and decay in accordance with predetermined ‘historical destiny’. His views greatly encouraged the Nazis, though he never became one himself. |
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