The Foundations of Human Experience

The Foundations of Human Experience

Opening address, Stuttgart, August 20, 1919
14 lectures, Stuttgart, August 21-September 5, 1919 (CW 293)
2 lectures, Berlin, March 15 and 17, 1917 (CW 66)

"Although we can physically see children only after their birth, we need to be aware that birth is also a continuation. We do not want to look only at what the human being experiences after death, that is, at the spiritual continuation of the physical. We want to be aware that physical existence is a continuation of what higher beings have done without our assistance. Our form of educating can have the correct attitude only when we are aware that our work with young people is a continuation of what higher beings have done before birth." --Rudolf Steiner

This course on education contains some of the most remarkable and significant lectures ever given by Rudolf Steiner. Because these lectures were given to teachers, however, they have suffered the misconception that they are useful only to teachers. Any teacher who wants to teach in a way that encompasses the whole child certainly needs a functional understanding of what Steiner presents here, but these lectures will also greatly benefit parents, psychologists, counselors, or anyone else involved with child development.

Steiner gives his most concise and detailed account of human nature in these lectures, which are absolutely essential for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of Steiner's spiritual science. Those who are willing to work through this work will discover here a new, powerful, convincing, and profoundly phenomenological "anthropology" of human spiritual psychology.

In these lectures, Steiner laid out for the first time the principles that form the basis for renewing the art of teaching. The Foundations of Human Experience is probably the most important text for studying and understanding the human developmental and psychological basis of Waldorf educational principles.

Translated from the German editions: Allgemeine Menschenkunde als Grundlage der Pädagogik (GA 239); appendix from Geist und Stoff. Leben und Tod (GA 66). A previous translation was titled Study of Man.

  • Format: Paperback | 347 pages
  • Dimensions: 140 x 222 x 23mm | 499g
  • Publication date: 01 Jul 1996
  • Publisher: Anthroposophic Press Inc
  • Imprint: SteinerBooks, Inc
  • Publication City/Country: New York, United States
  • Language: English
  • Illustrations note: Illustrations
  • ISBN10: 0880103922
  • ISBN13: 9780880103923
  • Bestsellers rank: 66,393

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Pages: 29
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Pages: 25
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Pages: 25
Authors: Rudolf Steiner
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Language: en
Pages: 22
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The Foundations of Human Experience: Lecture 10 of 14
Language: en
Pages: 26
Authors: Rudolf Steiner
Categories: Anthroposophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: SteinerBooks

The Foundations of Human Experience: Lecture 6 of 14
Language: en
Pages: 25
Authors: Rudolf Steiner
Categories: Anthroposophy
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Education for Adolescents
Language: en
Pages: 164
Authors: Rudolf Steiner
Categories: Education
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8 lectures, Stuttgart, June 12-19, 1921 (CW 302) In these eight talks on education for teenaged young people, Steiner addressed the teachers of the first Waldor