The decline of the West

by Oswald Spengler

[219]. Hence the ornamental character of script.

[220]. See p. [188].

[221]. See Vol. II, p. 104.

[222]. E.g., the Slavonic round-villages and Teutonic street-villages east of the Elbe. Similarly, conclusions can be drawn as to many of the events of the Homeric age from the distribution of round and rectangular buildings in ancient Italy.

[223]. See Vol. II, p. 109.

[224]. See p. [167].

[225]. See Vol. II, pp. 142 et seq.

[226]. See p. [128].

[227]. See p. [62].

[228]. The same applies to the architecture of Thinite Egypt and to the Seleucid-Persian sun and fire temples of the pre-Christian area.