/lit/ - Literature

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Power is what they're after, power through knowledge. Civilization-type is about acquiring knowledge, a scientific type knowledge, knowledge they can learn from a book or by attending a class. Spengler terms it "cause and effect laws of Nature". But *always* the end result is for power. It's not for any love of truth, it's not for the betterment of mankind or the advancement of Science, it's for power. Civilization-type is about utilitarianism, about USING WHAT WORKS, regardless of moral or ethical qualms. Emotions don't factor into it, for the Civilization-type people (at least, with the elite sub-group of the Civilization-type). Civilization-types would say: "It's a dog eat dog world, survival of the fittest. You have to be ruthless if you're going to survive. Life is a food-chain, better to be at the top of it. Better to kill and eat someone else than to be eaten yourself." It's a type of ethics I suppose, a very stoical and pragmatic one. It's also a mind-set similar to every career criminal. "I grew up on the streets, the only way to survive the Jungle is to become part of the Jungle."
Of course, this isn't a factually correct ethics, but it certainly is a successful and utilitarian one. Being a criminal pays off. Ignoring your conscience pays off. Lying, stealing, cheating, murdering etc. can pay off. Selling your soul to Satan pays off. It's still a dangerous journey, certainly, but it's more profitable than trying to play by the rules of "the sheep".

I have often heard there is no more philosophy Nietzsche. But this is only partially true.

The fact is this: There is no more philosophy after Spengler. All you must know is comprehensively set forth in Spengler's works.

Why has Spengler been suppressed up until a few years ago? Also, why was he so absolutely right about everything? I don't get it. Have you taken the Spengler-pill?