Steiner Rudolf Press 

The path of an individual human life - our biography - is something of a mystery. 
Despite the abundance of published biographies and autobiographies 
of celebrities and historical figures, the scientific study of human biography 
remains in its infancy, with little understanding of the inherent laws in the path of 
an individual's life. Yet as Rudolf Steiner shows here, every biography, 
regardless of the individual's fame, perceived importance or outer success, 
is ruled by archetypal influences, patterns and laws. 
This broad-ranging anthology addresses some critical and as yet 
unanswered questions: What effects do education - and in particular 
contrasting education methods - have on later life? 
How do the various periods of life relate to each other? 
Do the effects of events on the individual become evident immediately, 
or is their true impact delayed - perhaps by decades? 
To what extent can an individual shape the stages of his or her biography? 
How much freedom of choice do we have, and how much of life is predetermined? 
Out of the higher knowledge Rudolf Steiner acquired from his spiritual research, 
he described the human individuality as a being with a continuing existence - 
before birth and beyond death. 
This eternal being experiences many varied conditions and situations, 
the effects of which are observable in our biography. 
This book addresses these and other issues such as freedom and destiny, 
the effects of heredity, illness, and the impact of education, offering answers 
based on a profound knowledge of the human being.

 254 pages

December 1, 2009 。ISBN-13: 978-1855842250