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Oswald Spengler (May 29, 1880 - May 8, 1936) was a German philosopher and mathematician. His work The Decline of the West argues that the development of civilizations follows a recognizable cyclical pattern.
Born Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler at Blankenburg am Harz.
Spengler has, amongst others, influenced Georg Henrik von Wright in his writing about our society.
Spengler was a pivotal influence on Francis Parker Yockey, who wrote Imperium as a sequel to The Decline of the West. Yockey called Spengler "The Philosopher of the Twentieth Century."