During the first year of the first Waldorf school, Rudolf Steiner
agreed to give a science course to the teachers, which was to be on
the nature of light. At the last minute, he was asked to give an
additional course on language, which he improvised. "The Genius of
Language" is the result. Steiner demonstrates how history and
psychology together form the different languages and how ideas,
images, and vocabulary travel through time within various cultural
streams. He describes how the power to form language has declined,
but that we can still recover the seed of language, the penetration
of sound by meaning. He also explains how consonants imitate outer
phenomena, whereas vowels convey a more inner sense of events; he
talks about the differentiation of language as it is influenced by
geography; he speaks of the "folk soul" element and the possibility
of "wordless thinking"; we hear about the capacity of language to
transform us and of its importance to our spiritual lives. This is
not just a course on language for those who love words but
demonstrates ways to teach children. This little book will prove
tremendously valuable to both educators and parents-in fact, to
anyone who wants a deeper understanding of language and its
significance for our lives.
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