Since the
end of the nineteenth century the spiritual evolution of humanity has
led toward a more mobile living thinking in which the abstract and
fixed relation of consciousness to language is dissolved. Language
becomes more gesture-like in character as consciousness is filled
with color and image.
When this
fact of spiritual evolution is negated in the school system, in the
forms of government and in economic relations, it leads to an
unconscious frustration, a frustration which explodes in acts of
violence and war.
Healing
will come to social life when the inner mobility of soul acquired
through the science of the spirit is allowed to mold new social
forms. The reader will find a stimulation to inner activity and a
wealth of insight into social life in this important volume by Rudolf
Steiner.
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During the last two decades of the nineteenth
century the Austrian-born Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) became a
respected and well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical
scholar, particularly known for his work on Goethe's scientific
writings. After the turn of the century he began to develop his
earlier philosophical principles into an approach to
methodical research of psychological and spiritual
phenomena.
His
multi-faceted genius has led to innovative and holistic
approaches in medicine, science, education (Waldorf schools),
special education, philosophy, religion, economics, agriculture,
(Bio-Dynamic method), architecture, drama, the new art of
eurhythmy, and other fields. In 1924 he founded the General
Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the
world.