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Issues
Meditative Thinking and the Threefold Social Order
11 lectures by Rudolf Steiner
In the lecture series, Social Issues,
Rudolf Steiner shows that the political, economic, and social
problems of our time are symptoms of our faulty thinking. His
convincing analysis of economic crises, unemployment, and political
uprisings unmasks them as signs of the desperate need for new
thinking. In a very accessible way, Steiner shows how anthroposophy
and the thinking it fosters can lead to a renewal of society and to
true freedom for the individual.
In view of the current
state
of economic confusion
and international political
strife,
Steiner’s insights come as a
challenge to re-examine the very basis of our social and economic
thinking, and to bring our social institutions into a much closer
relationship to what is intrinsic and essential in human nature.
In passionate, yet lucid language, Steiner presents his vision of
the threefold social order, an order based on free will and
spiritual insight.
Trans:
J. Reuter, rev. S. H. Seiler (11 lectures, various cities, 5 Jan - 6
May 1920, GA334); 200pp
Anthroposophic Press
ISBN:
0 88010 358 2; paperback
See also:
Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) called his spiritual philosophy
'anthroposophy', which he defined as 'the consciousness of one's
humanity', and the disciplined methods of studying this he termed
‘spiritual science’. As a highly developed clairvoyant and
spiritual initiate, he spoke from his direct cognition of the
spiritual world. However, he did not see his work as religious or
sectarian, but rather sought to found a universal 'science of the
spirit'.
His
many published works (written books and lectures) - which include
his research into the spiritual nature of the human being, the
evolution of the world and humanity, and methods of personal
development - invite readers to develop their own spiritual
faculties. He also provided indications for the renewal of
many human activities, including education - both general and
special - agriculture, medicine, economics, architecture, science,
philosophy, religion and the arts. He wrote some 30 books and
delivered over 6000 lectures across Europe, and in 1924 founded the
General Anthroposophical Society which today has branches throughout
the world.
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