作者 |
Rudolf Steiner (b. Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner, 1861–1925) was born in the small
village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up.
As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published
scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with
Goethe’s scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began
to develop his early philosophical principles into an approach to systematic research
into psychological and spiritual phenomena. Formally beginning his spiritual
teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, Steiner came to
use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his philosophy, spiritual
research, and findings. The influence of Steiner’s multifaceted genius has led to
innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, various therapies, philosophy,
religious renewal, Waldorf education, education for special needs, threefold
economics, biodynamic agriculture, Goethean science, architecture, and the
arts of drama, speech, and eurythmy. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the
General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the
world. He died in Dornach, Switzerland.
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英文說明 |
12 lectures, Dornach, May 5 – Sept. 23, 1923 (CW 225)
What is truly real? Rudolf Steiner illumines everyday reality through
spiritual knowledge, repeatedly urging us to bring Anthroposophy into
daily human existence. We might consciously experience the difference
between consuming a potato as compared to cereals such as rye, for
example, or perhaps grasp ordinary phenomena, such as sleepwalking,
through an understanding of the threefold human being. Likewise, we
might strive to comprehend how our head is the transformed organism
of our previous life on Earth. Throughout these important lectures,
Rudolf Steiner emphasizes the fact that we can achieve spirituality
on Earth if we make anthroposophy real.
These twelve lectures were delivered during the ominous year of
1923 in the context of increasing attacks from Steiner’s opponents.
His architectural masterpiece, the first Goetheanum, had been destroyed
by fire, and he had yet to reestablish the Anthroposophical Society
at the Christmas Conference at the end of the year.
It is in such uncertain times that Rudolf Steiner discusses the decline
of European culture and the development of materialism as a
philosophy, leaving Anthroposophy without an exoteric foundation
on which to build. Here, Steiner strikes a positive note and an exciting
and constructive path forward, providing us with the tools to see
the world through three key perspectives of Anthroposophy: the physical,
the soul, and the spiritual dimensions of reality.
This previously unpublished volume includes an introduction, notes and index.
Three Perspectives of Anthroposophy is a translation from German
of Drei Perspektiven der Anthroposophie. Kulturphänomene,
geisteswissenschaftlich betrachtet (GA 225).
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