WOW . . . DOES SPENGLER EXPLAIN THE TRUMP PHENOMENON (A CAESAR FIGURE)?
From Google AI
Oswald Spengler’s The Decline of the West (published in two volumes in 1918 and 1922) argues that history is not a linear march of human progress, but a cyclical process of growth and decay experienced by independent, organic high cultures.
Core Concepts
Cyclical History: Spengler rejects the Eurocentric idea that history moves endlessly upward. Instead, he views world history as a collection of eight distinct "high cultures" (including Egyptian, Classical, Chinese, and Western), each functioning like a living organism.
The Life Cycle: Every culture has a lifespan of roughly 1,000 years, moving through seasonal phases: a mythic spring (religious fervor), an artistic summer (metaphysical inquiry), a rationalistic autumn(science and codified law), and a terminal winter of civilizational fatigue.
Culture vs. Civilization:Culture (Kultur): The youthful, creative, and spiritually vital phase defined by unique art, deep religious beliefs, and a distinct "soul." (He terms the Western soul "Faustian," driven by an infinite urge for space, distance, and technology).
Civilization (Zivilisation): The rigid, declining late stage where creative life is exhausted. Society shifts toward materialism, hyper-intellectualism, mass entertainment, and urbanization.
Similar to Alexander Fraser Tytlers Cycle.
My question for both though is, how do ancient civilisations fit into these cycles?
It seems to me as though civilisations may reach a certain peak and then collapse, resulting in a complete start over...??
Why does history not fill in that blank for us.