The article concerns the vision of European (Latin) civilization by Feliks Koneczny, the outstanding historian of ideas. He created the foundations for apestorier philosophy of history based on the concept of multitude of civilizations. It covers different areas of a human culture and historical activity. Koneczny distinguished seven civilizations in various stages of development, which were a subject of evolution. Culture is one of the foundations of civilization’s development and a part of a bigger entity being one of the fragments of some civilization. The concept of Koneczny brought disputes, which stemmed from a different point of view on the role and meaning of various civilizations and their historical experiences.