Ray Stantz Ray Stantz Raymond "Ray" Stantz, PhD is a fictional character from the "Ghostbusters" franchise. He appears in the films "Ghostbusters" (1984), "Ghostbusters II" (1989), "Casper" (1995, as a cameo), the animated television series "The Real Ghostbusters" and "Extreme Ghostbusters", and the video games Beeline's "Ghostbusters" and "". He was portrayed by Dan Aykroyd in both live action films, and voiced by Frank Welker in the animated series. He is a member of the Ghostbusters and one of the three doctors of parapsychology, along with Dr. Peter Venkman and Dr. Egon Spengler. Dan Aykroyd has a cameo appearance in "Ghostbusters" (2016)
Oswald Spengler an effort to bring Reichswehr general Hans von Seeckt to power as the country's leader. The attempt failed and Spengler proved ineffective in practical politics. In 1931, he published "Man and Technics", which warned against the dangers of technology and industrialism to culture. He especially pointed to the tendency of Western technology to spread to hostile "Colored races" which would then use the weapons against the West. It was poorly received because of its anti-industrialism. This book contains the well-known Spengler quote "Optimism is cowardice". Despite voting for Hitler over Hindenburg in 1932, Spengler found the Führer vulgar. He met