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He was right. Anonymous Sun Jan 13 20:21:01 2019 No.12403207 [Reply] [Original]

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>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 20:22:35 2019 No.12403217 You start.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 20:22:53 2019 No.12403218 >>12403217 He was right.

>>	« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » Sun Jan 13 20:25:03 2019 No.12403234 File: 23 KB, 300x400, Lou Andreas Salomé.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12403207 When, about what?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 20:26:07 2019 No.12403242 Even if he weren't, The Decline of The West would be among the greatest threnodies ever composed by a Western author. The book also alleviated a lot of my anxiety, even if that wasn't exactly his aim.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 20:36:02 2019 No.12403308 >>12403234 All the time, about everything. He. Was. Right.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 20:37:33 2019 No.12403314 File: 88 KB, 310x337, ahippo.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12403207 >Spengler was a completely original thi-

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 20:38:40 2019 No.12403320 >>12403314 This man was wrong. He (man in OP) was right.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 20:43:16 2019 No.12403347 Culture hasn't been in decline.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 21:47:42 2019 No.12403713 The concept of cultural decline always compares present culture to an idealized reference point and y'all fags can never justify the reference points you choose, you just have an aesthetic fascination with ancient rome and medieval europe

Anonymous Sun Jan 13 22:08:39 2019 No.12403808

>>12403314
True, but Spengler is a voice that heathens are better disposed to hear.

>>12403713
ancient rome yes, medieval europe not as much

cultures that congeal around authoritarian power structures have the kind of aesthetic (good) poets can appreciate. if you have some time, check out The Art of Being Ruled by Wyndham Lewis - it's a monograph that kind of espouses this particular worldview

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 22:14:15 2019 No.12403829 >>12403207 maybe, but i sure as hell don't want to hear about it

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 22:21:14 2019 No.12403864 >>12403207 the history of math is boring as fuck Vico did everything better.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 22:29:55 2019 No.12403914 >>12403808 i prefer experimental shit to the dull representationalism that dominates authoritarian cultures

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