Materialism and the Task of Anthroposophy

MATERIALISM AND
THE TASK OF
ANTHROPOSOPHY

Seventeen lectures given in Dornach
between April 2 and June 5, 1921

RUDOLF STEINER

The seventeen lectures presented here were given in Dornach, Switzerland, between April 2 and June 5, 1921. In the Collected Edition of Rudolf Steiner's works in German, the volume containing the original texts is entitled Perspektiven der Menschheitsentwicklung (Vol. 204 in the Bibliographic Survey). They were translated from the German by Maria St. Goar.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in--Publication Data

Steiner, Rudolf, 1861–1925

Materialism and the Task of Anthroposophy

Translation of: Perspektiven der Menschheitsentwicklung. 1. Anthroposophy. 2. Materialism. I. Title.

BP595. S894P4413 1987 299'.935 87-1171

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