The Boundaries of Natural Science

The Boundaries of Natural Science Eight lectures given in Dornach, Switzerland September 27–October 3, 1920 by Rudolf Steiner with a foreword by Saul Bellow SPRING VALLEY, NEW YORK Translated by Frederick Amrine and Konrad Oberhuber from shorthand reports unrevised by the lecturer, from the 4th edition (1969) of the German text published under the title Grenzsen der Naturerkenntnis (Vol, 322 in the Bibliographic Survey). The translation was supported in part by a grant from the Austro-American Friendship Association of Boston. Gratitude is expressed for permission to quote in the Introduction from Collected Works of Paul Valéry, ed. Jackson Matthews, Bollingen Series XLV, Vol. 9: Masters and Friends, trans. Martin Turnell © 1968 Princeton University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Steiner, Rudolf, 1861–1925. The boundaries of natural science. "Translated from shorthand reports unrevised by the lecturer, from the 4th edition (1969) of the German text published under the title Grenzen der Naturerkenninis (Vol. 322 in the Bibliographic survey)" — T.p. verso. 1. Anthroposophy — Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Science–Methodology–Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Title. BP595.S85372513 1982 299'.93S 83-9943 ISBN 0-88010-018-4 Copyright © 1983 by Anthroposophic Press Cover design by Peter Stebbing Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publishers, except for brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.