Quote by Oswald Spengler on Philosophy, Psychology and Practical Professions

„I maintain that to-day many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practise the dull craft of experimental psychology.“

Oswald SpenglerOswald Spengler criticizes experimental psychology and praises practical professions as sounder philosophers.
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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‘.

Spengler criticizes experimental psychology and compares it to philosophy in practical professions.


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Quote by Oswald Spengler about philosophy, psychology, and practical professions

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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