DISPOSITION

This is the disposition for the Spengler Crash Course. The course is intended as an introduction to the philosophy of history of Oswald Spengler and will be updated daily during December 2009. You can find the course book The decline of the West here in two volumes:
Vol I Form and actuality
Vol II Perspectives of world history

1 Vol I 3-25 Ch I INTRODUCTION 1(2)
2 Vol I 25-50 Ch I INTRODUCTION 2(2)
3 Vol I 53-90 Ch II THE MEANING OF NUMBERS
4 Vol I 93-113 Ch III THE PROBLEM OF WORLD-HISTORY. (1) PHYSIOGNOMIC AND SYSTEMATIC
5 Vol I 117-138 Ch IV THE PROBLEM OF WORLD-HISTORY. (2) THE DESTINY-IDEA AND THE CAUSALITY-PRINCIPLE 1(2)
6 Vol I 138-160 Ch IV THE PROBLEM OF WORLD-HISTORY. (2) THE DESTINY-IDEA AND THE CAUSALITY-PRINCIPLE 2(2)
7 Vol I 163-180 Ch V MAKROKOSMOS. (1) THE SYMBOLISM OF THE WORLD-PICTURE AND THE PROBLEM OF SPACE
8 Vol I 183-216 Ch VI MAKROKOSMOS. (2) APOLLINIAN, FAUSTIAN, AND MAGIAN SOUL
9 Vol I 219-255 Ch VII MUSIC AND PLASTIC. (1) THE ARTS OF FORM
10 Vol I 259-295 Ch VIII MUSIC AND PLASTIC. (2) ACT AND PORTRAIT
11 Vol I 299-337 Ch IX SOUL-IMAGE AND LIFE-FEELING. (1) ON THE FORM OF THE SOUL
12 Vol I 341-374 Ch X SOUL-IMAGE AND LIFE-FEELING. (2) BUDDHISM, STOICISM, AND SOCIALISM
13 Vol I 377-402 Ch XI FAUSTIAN AND APOLLINIAN NATURE-KNOWLEDGE 1(2)
14 Vol I 402-428 Ch XI FAUSTIAN AND APOLLINIAN NATURE-KNOWLEDGE 2(2)
15 Vol II 3-19 Ch I ORIGIN AND LANDSCAPE (A) THE COSMIC AND THE MICROCOSM
16 Vol II 23-51 Ch II ORIGIN AND LANDSCAPE (B) THE GROUP OF THE HIGHER CULTURES
17 Vol II 55-83 Ch III ORIGIN AND LANDSCAPE (C) THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE CULTURES
18 Vol II 87-110 Ch IV CITIES AND PEOPLES (A) THE SOUL OF THE CITY
19 Vol II 113-137 Ch V CITIES AND PEOPLES (B) PEOPLES, RACES, TONGUES 1(2)
20 Vol II 137-155 Ch V CITIES AND PEOPLES (B) PEOPLES, RACES, TONGUES 2(2)
21 Vol II 159-186 Ch VI CITIES AND PEOPLES (C) PRIMITIVES, CULTURE-PEOPLES, FELLAHEEN
22 Vol II 189-230 Ch VII PROBLEMS OF THE ARABIAN CULTURE (A) HISTORIC PSEUDOMORPHOSES
23 Vol II 233-261 Ch VIII PROBLEMS OF THE ARABIAN CULTURE (B) THE MAGIAN SOUL
24 Vol II 265-295 Ch IX PROBLEMS OF THE ARABIAN CULTURE (C) PYTHAGORAS, MOHAMMED, CROMWELL 1(2)
25 Vol II 295-323 Ch IX PROBLEMS OF THE ARABIAN CULTURE (C) PYTHAGORAS, MOHAMMED, CROMWELL 2(2)
26 Vol II 327-358 Ch X THE STATE (A) THE PROBLEM OF THE ESTATES NOBILITY AND PRIESTHOOD
27 Vol II 361-398 Ch XI THE STATE (B) STATE AND HISTORY 1(2)
28 Vol II 398-435 Ch XI THE STATE (B) STATE AND HISTORY 2(2)
29 Vol II 439-465 Ch XII THE STATE (C) PHILOSOPHY OF POLITICS
30 Vol II 469-496 Ch XIII THE FORM-WORLD OF ECONOMIC LIFE (A) MONEY
31 Vol II 499-507 Ch XIV THE FORM-WORLD OF ECONOMIC LIFE (B) THE MACHINE

This course was originally given one year ago and I'm forever grateful to my only student yooper who saved the notes.