The following lectures were given by Rudolf Steiner to
an audience familiar with the general background of his
anthroposophical teachings. He constantly emphasised the distinction
between his written works and reports of lectures which were given as
oral communications and were not originally intended for print. It
should also be remembered that certain premises were taken for
granted when the words were spoken. “These premises”,
Rudolf Steiner writes in his autobiography, “include at the
very least the anthroposophical knowledge of Man and of the Cosmos in
its spiritual essence; also of what may be called ‘anthroposophical
history’ told as an outcome of research into the spiritual
world.”
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A short list of publications in English translation
suggested for study and a summarised plan of the Complete Edition of
Rudolf Steiner's works in the original German will be found at the
end of the present volume.
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