Wars for world power, like that between the Battles of Cannae (216 B.C.) andĪccording to Spengler under the emerging Caesars:. Historical situation Spengler considered that the West was entering a Running roughly from the death of Alexander the Great (330 B.C.) to theĪssassination of Julius Caesar (44 B.C.). Similarities to the Hellenistic era and the late Roman Republic, a period People, to suggested that the then modern era of the West bore significant Spengler had been influenced by a cultural tendency, over the last quarter of the The masses will accept with resignation the victory of the Caesars, The era of individualism, liberalism and democracy, of humanitarianism and freedom, But in this centuryīlood and instinct will regain their rights against the power of money and intellect. The last century was the winter of the West, the victory of materialismĪnd scepticism, of socialism, parliamentarianism, and money. To Caesarism, a general phase of evolution, which occupies at least twoĬenturies and can be shown to exist in all Cultures. With this enters the age of gigantic conflicts, Strictly limited and defined as to form and duration, which covers aįew centuries and can be viewed and, in essentials, calculated fromĪvailable precedents. Time towards our presents ideals, but a single phenomenon of history, The future of the West is not a limitless tending upwards and onwards for all
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