Like Goethe and Spengler I'm convinced that history has an inner, organic logic which can't be grasped purely in terms of causality. (Brian Reynolds Myers)

Like Goethe and Spengler I'm convinced that history has an inner, organic logic which can't be grasped purely in terms of causality.

Brian Reynolds Myers

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