Formerly entitled The Study of Man this lecture course, newly
translated for this series, contains some of the most remarkable
and significant lectures ever given by Rudolf Steiner.
With this seminar for teachers, given just before the opening of
the first Waldorf school in September 1919, Rudolf Steiner
miraculously succeeds in bringing together, clarifying, and
synthesizing the insights of a lifetime's study into the reality of
human nature. Unfortunately, however, because these lectures were
given to teachers, they have suffered under the misconception that
they are meant only for teachers. Of course, a functional
understanding of their contents is necessary for any teacher
desiring to teach in a way that encompasses the needs and essence
of the whole child, but this understanding is also necessary for
parents, counselors, and indeed anyone seeking to practice the
injunction of the Delphic oracle, "Know thyself!"
In addition, because in these lectures Steiner gives his most
concise and detailed account of the nature of the human being, they
are absolutely central to anyone seeking to understand
anthroposophy and the anthroposophical view of the world. Anyone,
therefore, who is willing to work through these lectures will
discover in them a new, powerful, convincing and profoundly
phenomenological "anthropology" or human psychology -- a view of
the spiritual-physical foundations of the human being and human
experience.
On the other hand, for anyone wishing to study Waldorf
education, this is the primary text. These are the lectures in
which, for the first time, and with the full excitement of the new
venture, Rudolf Steiner set forth the principles upon which the art
of teaching could be renewed.
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