Thomas Mann an Harrison Parker

Über Oswald Spengler: »In his appearance he may be described perhaps as a combination of a catholic priest and a german big industrialist... I suppose one must count Spengler among the spiritual path-makers of nationalsocialism, admirable through his work ›the decline of the Occident‹ is from purely literary viewpoint.« Als aber der Nationalsozialismus zur Macht kam, wurde Spengler zum Gegner des Regimes, ebenso wie er auch große Mißachtung für die Nazi-Rassentheorie zeigte.