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The Decline of the West: Spengler in Today’s World

The Decline of the West: Spengler in Today’s World Timelessness of thought and vision in world politics is a rare mark of grandeur. Oswald Spengler’s The Decline of the West, written a century ago, deserves this distinction as it reads like it was done yesterday. The German historian-philosopher wrote in 1922 that the centuries old West-European-American […]

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Western Civilization has become a never-ending Jerry Springer episode

Western Civilization has become a never-ending Jerry Springer episode Early in the 2nd century AD, around the year 101, the Roman humorist Decimus Junius Juvenalis began publishing a collection of satirical poems poking fun at the Empire. Rome was already in serious decline by the time Juvenalis wrote his first poem. In the first century […]

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How Western civilisation could collapse

How Western civilisation could collapse Some possible precipitating factors are already in place. How the West reacts to them will determine the world’s future, says Rachel Nuwer.  This story is featured in BBC Future’s “Best of 2017” collection. Discover more of our picks.  The political economist Benjamin Friedman once comparedmodern Western society to a stable bicycle […]

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Economic Ideas: Plato, Aristotle, and the Ancient Greeks, Part 1

ECONOMIC IDEAS: PLATO, ARISTOTLE, AND THE ANCIENT GREEKS, PART 1 The ancient Greeks left a wealth of knowledge through their surviving writings on a wide variety of themes, including science, logic, philosophy, literature, and the arts. In addition, the city-state of Athens is considered the birthplace of intellectual freedom and democracy – lasting legacies that […]

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