Quote by Oswald Spengler on Pacifism and War

„Pacifism means letting the non-pacifists have control ... Pacifism will remain an ideal, war a fact. If the white races are resolved never to wage war again, the colored will act differently and become rulers of the world.“

Oswald SpenglerOswald Spengler critically addresses pacifism and war, emphasizing historical realities and cultural perspectives.
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Oswald Spengler was a German historian and philosopher, known for his theory of cultural cycles and his work ‚The Decline of the West‘.

This quote by Oswald Spengler reflects his pessimistic view on pacifism and war within a historical-cultural context of the early 20th century.


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Oswald Spengler (1880–1936) was a German cultural historian and philosopher. He gained fame with his work ‚The Decline of the West,‘ in which he portrayed history as a cyclical process of rising and falling cultures. Spengler critically analyzed the cultural and political circumstances in Germany after World War I, influencing political and cultural debates during the Weimar Republic.

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