World History in the light of Anthroposophy

WORLD HISTORY

IN THE LIGHT OF

ANTHROPOSOPHY

and as a foundation for
knowledge of the human spirit

RUDOLF STEINER

Nine lectures given in Dornach
24 December 1923 to 1 January 1924
during the Foundation Meeting
of the General Anthroposophical Society

Lectures I to VIII translated by George and Mary Adams
Lecture IX translated by Dorothy Osmond

RUDOLF STEINER PRESS
LONDON

First published in English by Anthroposophical Publishing
Company, London, 1950
Second Edition (enlarged), Rudolf Steiner Press, 1977

Translated from shorthand reports unrevised by the lecturer. The German text is published in: Die Weltgeschichte in anthroposophischer Beleuchtung und als Grundlage der Erkenntnis des Menschengeistes (Vol. No. 233 in the Bibliographical Survey, 1961)

This English edition is published in agreement with the Rudolf Steiner-Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland

© Rudolf Steiner Press, London, 1977

ISBN 085440 315 9 (cased)
                         316 7 (paper)

Made and printed in Great Britain by
The Camelot Press Ltd, Southampton