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Are civilizational cycles the norm?
Nearly two and half decades back, we used to have several conversations with a late śūlapuruṣīya professor, mostly on topics with a biological angle. While not a mathematician, he had a passing interest in dynamical systems, for he felt that … Continue reading
Civilizational collapse, complexity, innovation and neomania
On these pages we had provided some commentary on the work of the German thinker Oswald Spengler and his ideas of civilizational development. We had also provided other perspectives on this matter derived from analogies stemming from simple mathematical systems. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Life
Tagged civilizational collapse, collapse, complexity, neomania, Spengler, technology
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śūlapuruṣasya vicāraḥ
Somakhya’s cousin Babhru and his family was visiting him during the vacation before they were to join university. After lunch he convinced Vidrum and Sharvamanyu to come over to his house when they got the chance for he thought more … Continue reading
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Tagged history, Oswald Spengler, Spengler, Story, world history
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śūlapuruṣa-catvārakam-3: A method for the analysis of history
Somakhya, standing beside a pillar outside his university department, glanced at his watch with a tinge of irritation as he waited for Lootika to show up. She was to bring her sister Vrishchika from the medical school, which was some … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient Hindu thought, Anti-Hindu, Anti-India, Darwin, Geopolitics, Germans, history, homology, India, Nietzsche, philosophy, Spengler, Story
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upakathā of previous: śūlapuruṣa-catvārakam
It was a bright spring day, when the vaṭakinī mahotsava was being celebrated. Several families from the town were arriving early in the morning at a shrine, which contained a gigantic image of the terrible ape Hanūmat. Even as Somakhya … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient Hindu thought, Gauss, Nietzsche, philosophy, Schopenhauer, science, Spengler, Story
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