Description
Of all of his works, Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path is the one that Steiner himself believed would have the longest life and the greatest spiritual and cultural consequences. It was written in 1894 as a phenomenological account of the “results of observing the human soul according to the methods of natural science.
This seminal work asserts that free spiritual activity–understood as the human ability to think and act independently of physical nature–is the suitable path for human beings today to gain true knowledge of themselves and of the universe. This is not merely a philosophical volume, but rather a warm, heart-oriented guide to the practice and experience of living thinking. This landmark book explores free will from a completely fresh and unique perspective. If an idea is to become action, man must first want it before it can happen. Such an act of will therefore has its grounds only in man himself. Man is then the ultimate determinant of his action. He is free. -Rudolf Steiner
Readers will not find abstract philosophy here, but a step-by-step account of how a person may come to experience living, intuitive thinking–“the conscious experience of a purely spiritual content.”
During the past hundred years since it was written, many have tried to discover this “new thinking” that could help us understand the various spiritual, ecological, social, political, and philosophical issues facing us. But only Rudolf Steiner laid out a path that leads from ordinary thinking to the level of pure spiritual activity–intuitive thinking–in which we become co-creators and co-redeemers of the world.
Product Details:
ISBN: 9780880103855
Paperback, 281 pages.
Publisher: Steiner Books, Published: April 4, 1995
Size: 5.2 x 0.8 x 8.1 inches. Weight: 0.86 Lbs.
Author
Rudolf Steiner
(1861 – 1925)
Rudolf, born in Kraljevec,, Croatia, lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published scientific, and philosophical scholar. Known for his work with Goethe’s scientific writings, his spiritual teaching career began under the auspices of the Theosophical Society. Steiner came to use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his philosophy, spiritual research. The influence of Steiner’s multifaceted genius led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine and various therapies. Rudolf Steiner lectured throughout Europe on philosophy, religious renewal, Waldorf education, and biodynamic agriculture. He also introduced Goethean science, architecture, and the arts of drama, and eurythmy. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world. He died in Dornach, Switzerland.
Translator
Michael Lipson, PhD, author of Stairway of Surprise: Six Steps to a Creative Life (2002) and Group Meditation (2011), is also the translator of Rudolf Steiner’s Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path: A Philosophy of Freedom and of numerous books by Georg Kühlewind. After working with children with HIV/AIDS for nine years in New York City’s Harlem Hospital, he moved with his wife and two children to the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts. Dr. Lipson conducts a practice in Clinical Psychology and teaches meditation internationally.
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