The Might of the WestI. Obolensky, 1963 - 562 Seiten An interpretation of the development and decline of Western society. An attack on the Wells-Spengler-Toynbee views tracing the five preceding civilizations and their intellectual and moral independence. |
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Prologue Of Politics and History | 1 |
The Dignity of Causality | 48 |
The Grave of Alaric | 81 |
Urheberrecht | |
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