Oswald Spengler
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Oswald Spengler was a German historian and philosopher best known for his work "The Decline of the West," in which he proposed a cyclical theory of the rise and fall of civilizations.
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| Oswald Spengler canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6151950 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oswald Spengler Context triple: [Oswald, hasNotableBearer, Oswald Spengler]
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Otto Lasch
Otto Lasch was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II, best known for commanding the defense of Königsberg in East Prussia.
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Johann Gustav Droysen
Johann Gustav Droysen was a 19th-century German historian and philosopher of history, known for pioneering historicism and developing influential theories on historical interpretation and methodology.
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C.
Arnold Toynbee
Arnold Toynbee was a prominent British historian and philosopher of history best known for his multi-volume work "A Study of History," which analyzed the rise and fall of civilizations.
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D.
Werner Jaeger
Werner Jaeger was a prominent 20th-century German classical philologist best known for his work on ancient Greek culture and education, especially his influential study "Paideia."
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E.
Karl Löwith
Karl Löwith was a 20th-century German philosopher known for his critiques of modernity, secularized notions of progress, and the philosophy of history, as well as for his complex intellectual relationship with Martin Heidegger.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oswald Spengler Target entity description: Oswald Spengler was a German historian and philosopher best known for his work "The Decline of the West," in which he proposed a cyclical theory of the rise and fall of civilizations.
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A.
Otto Lasch
Otto Lasch was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II, best known for commanding the defense of Königsberg in East Prussia.
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B.
Johann Gustav Droysen
Johann Gustav Droysen was a 19th-century German historian and philosopher of history, known for pioneering historicism and developing influential theories on historical interpretation and methodology.
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C.
Arnold Toynbee
Arnold Toynbee was a prominent British historian and philosopher of history best known for his multi-volume work "A Study of History," which analyzed the rise and fall of civilizations.
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D.
Werner Jaeger
Werner Jaeger was a prominent 20th-century German classical philologist best known for his work on ancient Greek culture and education, especially his influential study "Paideia."
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E.
Karl Löwith
Karl Löwith was a 20th-century German philosopher known for his critiques of modernity, secularized notions of progress, and the philosophy of history, as well as for his complex intellectual relationship with Martin Heidegger.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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philosopher ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| citizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1880-05-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1936-05-08 ⓘ |
| education |
University of Berlin
NERFINISHED
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University of Halle NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cultural philosophy
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historiography ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ |
| fullName | Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Arnold J. Toynbee
NERFINISHED
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Carl Schmitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Parker Yockey NERFINISHED ⓘ Julius Evola NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Heidegger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arthur Schopenhauer
NERFINISHED
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Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilhelm Dilthey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| movement |
conservative revolution
NERFINISHED
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cultural pessimism ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Apollinian culture
NERFINISHED
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Faustian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Magian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Man and Technics
NERFINISHED
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Prussianism and Socialism NERFINISHED ⓘ The Decline of the West NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hour of Decision NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
independent scholar
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schoolteacher ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Der Mensch und die Technik
NERFINISHED
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Der Untergang des Abendlandes NERFINISHED ⓘ Jahre der Entscheidung NERFINISHED ⓘ Preußentum und Sozialismus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalIdea |
cyclical theory of civilizations
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distinction between Culture and Civilization ⓘ morphology of world history ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Blankenburg am Harz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationEnd | 1922 ⓘ |
| publicationStart | 1918 ⓘ |
| viewOnHistory | history as an organic life-cycle of cultures ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oswald Spengler Description of subject: Oswald Spengler was a German historian and philosopher best known for his work "The Decline of the West," in which he proposed a cyclical theory of the rise and fall of civilizations.
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