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The individual's life is of importance to none besides himself: the point is whether he wishes to escape from history or give his life for it. History recks nothing of human logic

Oswald Spengler

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Oswald Spengler
Age: 55 †
Born: 1880
Born: May 29
Died: 1936
Died: May 8
Historian
Mathematician
Philosopher
Sociologist
Writer
Blankenburg/Harz
Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler
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