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Spenglerian sequence from village to town to city to megacity and eventual death.
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civilizational life cycle
Spenglerian sequence from village to town to city to megacity and eventual death.
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Spengler is presented as arguing that civilizations have life cycles like people: village, town, city, megacity, then death at the height of civilization.
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"And the third theory is the idea of a civilizational life cycle. And this is proposed by a German philosopher, scholar, named Oswald Spangler...."
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"Okay? You start off, so the Romans, right? The Qing Dynasty. You start off in a village. Then, if you're successful in the village,..."
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"...nothing anyone can do about this. It is a natural life cycle. All right? So, these are the three major theories I want you..."
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