Abstract
Nowadays a widespread pessimism exists regarding the future of western civilization. This pessimism has been roused or, as the case may be, increased by
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cultural fatalism,
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the alleged foundational crisis,
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the social and political phenomena of our time.
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Spengler found a supporter in the mathematician C. J. Keyser (Keyser, 1947).
Francesco Maurolico, Arithmeticorum libri duo, Venetiis 1575. The importance of Maurolico is rated less highly by Freudenthal (1953).
Blaise Pascal, Traité du triangle arithmétique, Paris 1665.
A few years ago, Bohm made an attempt to eliminate the principle, but his proposal has met with little approval (Bohm, 1952a, b, 1953).
In 1947 I read a newspaper article by Geyl confirming me in this attitude. Cf. Gey (1958).
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Beth, E.W. (1968). Science as a Cultural Factor. In: Science a Road to Wisdom. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7644-6_1
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