Decline of the West

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A well-formatted version based on the Alfred A. Knopf, 1926 (vol. 1) & 1928 (vol. 2) editions, translated by Charles Francis Atkinson. Volume 1 FORM AND ACTUALITY Translator's Preface Spengler's Preface to the Revised Edition Spengler's Preface to the First Edition I. Introduction II. The Meaning of Numbers III. The Problem of World History: 1: Physiognomic and Systematic IV. The Problem of World History: 2: The Destiny Idea and the Causality Principle V. Makrokosmos: 1: The Symbolism of the World Picture and the Problem of Space VI. Makrokosmos: 2: Apollinian, Faustian, and Magian Soul VII. Music and Plastic: 1: The Arts of Form VIII. Music and Plastic: 2: Act and Portrait IX. Soul Image and Life Feeling: 1: On the Form of the Soul X. Soul Image and Life Feeling: 2: Buddhism, Stoicism, and Socialism XI. Faustian and Apollinian Nature Knowledge Volume 1 End Notes Tables Illustrating the Comparative Morphology of History Volume 2 PERSPECTIVES ON WORLD HISTORY Translator's Preface I. Origin and Landscape: (A) The Cosmic and the Microcosm II. Origin and Landscape: (B) The Group of the Higher Cultures III. Origin and Landscape: (C) The Relations Between the Cultures IV. Cities and Peoples: (A) The Soul of the City V. Cities and Peoples: (B) Peoples, Races, Tongues VI. Cities and Peoples: (C) Primitives, Culture Peoples, Fellaheen VII. Problems of the Arabian Culture: (A) Historic Pseudomorphoses VIII. Problems of the Arabian Culture: (B) The Magian Soul IX. Problems of the Arabian Culture: (C) Pythagoras, Mohammed, Cromwell X. The State: (A) The Problem of the Estates: Nobility and Priesthood XI. The State: (B) State and History XII. The State: (C) Philosophy of Politics XIII. The Form World of Economic Life: (A) Money XIV. The Form World of Economic Life: (B) The Machine End Notes