The decline of the West, Volume 1 : $b Form and actualitySpengler, Oswald
Philosophy
The decline of the West, Volume 1 : $b Form and actuality
Spengler, Oswald
Civilization -- History
CHAPTER IV. THE PROBLEM OF WORLD-HISTORY. (2) THE DESTINY-IDEA
AND THE CAUSALITY-PRINCIPLE 115
Logic, organic and inorganic, p. 117. Time and Destiny, p. 119.
Space and Causality, p. 119. The problem of Time, p. 121. Time a
counter-conception to Space, p. 126. The symbols of Time—tragedy,
time reckoning, disposal of the dead, p. 130. Care (sex, the
State, works), p. 136. Destiny and Incident, p. 139. Incident and
Cause, p. 141. Incident and Style of existence, p. 142. Anonymous
and personal epochs, p. 148. Direction into the future and Image
of the Past, p. 152. Is there a Science of History? p. 155. The
new enunciation of the problem, p. 159.
CHAPTER V. MAKROKOSMOS. (1) THE SYMBOLISM OF THE WORLD-PICTURE
AND THE PROBLEM OF SPACE 161
The Macrocosm as the sum total of symbols referred to a Soul, p.
163. Space and Death, p. 165. “Alles vergängliche ist nur ein
Gleichnis,” p. 167. The space problem (only Depth is space-
forming), p. 169. Depth as Time, p. 172. The world-idea of a
Culture born out of its prime symbol, p. 174. Classical Body,
Magian Cavern, Western Infinity, p. 174.
CHAPTER VI. MAKROKOSMOS. (2) APOLLINIAN, FAUSTIAN, AND MAGIAN
SOUL 181
Prime symbol, architecture, divinities, p. 183. The Egyptian prime
symbol of the path, p. 188. Expression-language of art:
Ornamentation and Imitation, p. 191. Ornament and early
architecture, p. 196. The window, p. 199. The grand style, p.
200. The history of a Style as organism, p. 205. On the history
of the Arabian style, p. 207. Psychology of art-technique, p.
214.
CHAPTER VII. MUSIC AND PLASTIC. (1) THE ARTS OF FORM 217
Music one of the arts of form, p. 219. Classification of the arts
impossible except from the historical standpoint, p. 221. The
choice of particular arts itself an expression-means of the
higher order, p. 222. Apollinian and Faustian art-groups, p. 224.
The stages of Western Music, p. 226. The Renaissance an anti-
Gothic and anti-musical movement, p. 232. Character of the
Baroque, p. 236. The Park, p. 240. Symbolism of colours, p. 245.
Colours of the Near and of the Distance, p. 246. Gold background
and Rembrandt brown, p. 247. Patina, p. 253.
CHAPTER VIII. MUSIC AND PLASTIC. (2) ACT AND PORTRAIT 257
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