This investigation deals with the underlying motivation of Oswald Spengler in The Decline of the West. Sources include the published and translated works of Spengler: books, essays, and selected letters. Contingent areas of exploration, arranged in separate chapters, are the philosophy of history, using the works of Dilthey and Herder; philosophy, using the concepts of Husserl's Phenomenology, Bergson's Time and Free Will, and Goethe's Conversations with Eckermann; the contemporary human potential psychology of Abraham Mazlow and Rollo May, and the contemporary philosophy of Alan Watts and Ortega y Gasset. R. G. Collingwood as critic of Spengler is dealt with. The conclusion is drawn that Spengler did not attempt a system of history except as a vehicle for expressing a directive to live fully in the eternal now.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663715 |
Date | 12 1900 |
Creators | Pilot, Diane Anderson |
Contributors | Lowry, Bullitt, 1936-, Owsley, Richard M. |
Publisher | North Texas State University |
Source Sets | University of North Texas |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
Format | vi, 142 leaves, Text |
Rights | Public, Pilot, Diane Anderson, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights |
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