The Most Influential Expression of Pessimism,Oswald Spengler's the Decline of the West,argued

question 65

Multiple Choice

The most influential expression of pessimism,Oswald Spengler's The Decline of the West,argued that Western Civilization was in the last of which three stages?

• A) feudalism, capitalism, and socialism
• B) hunting and gathering, herding, and farming
• C) religion, nationalism, and cosmopolitanism
• D) heroic youth, creative maturity, and decadent old age
• E) despotism, aristocracy, and democracy

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