Anthroposophia

[regnauld]

Anthroposophia In The World


The challenge of our time is to manifest ever greater humanity in our thoughts and deeds. The head-centered knowledge of today has not been able to achieve this. What is needed is a wisdom of the heart. Only the heart is capable of uniting polarities and harmonizing discord. When the head is informed by the wisdom of the heart we will act on behalf of all humanity. This wisdom of the heart - the wisdom (Sophia) of mankind (anthropos) - is embodied in Anthroposophy. It is a spiritual force bearing the wisdom both appropriate and necessary for our time. It is a seed for the future. Anthroposophia, the emissary of this wisdom as revealed to the world by Rudolf Steiner, is indeed 'the image of our true humanity'.

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RUDOLF STEINER

A Sketch of His Life and Work
by John Davy
All over the world, but particularly in Western Europe, there are now to be found activities—schools, communities for the handicapped, farms, hospitals and medical practices, artists and architects, banks and businesses —whose work acknowledges a special debt to Rudolf Steiner.
www.steinercollege.org

RUDOLF STEINER
by Henry Barnes
The extraordinary originality of Rudolf Steiner's mind led him to a philosophy which linked up the world of natural science with the world of Spirit; his revolutionary ideas took form in a number of enterprises, ranging from art and architecture to education and farming.

His ideas have their roots in the flowering of Germanic culture that resulted in the transcendent philosophy of Hegel, Fichte and Schelling, on the one hand, and the poetic and scientific works of Goethe, upon whom Steiner draws heavily, on the other.

Steiner placed Jesus Christ at the center of his spiritual history of Earth, seeing what he called the "Christ impulse" as living at the heart of every religion. He described Christianity as having evolved out of previous religions and believed that each religion is valid and true for the time and cultural context in which it was born. [1]

He also believed that the historical forms of Christianity need to be transformed considerably to meet the on-going evolution of humanity. [2]

The word anthroposophy is derived from Greek roots. Anthrop- meaning human, and -sophy meaning wisdom. (Anthroposophy should not be confused with anthropology, the empirical study of human cultures).

[1] Rudolf Steiner, Christianity as Mystical Fact, Anthroposophic Press, 1902/1997

[2] This was a common theme for Steiner; see especially:
• Rudolf Steiner, Christus zur Zeit des Mysteriums von Golgotha und Christus im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert, as well as
• Rudolf Steiner, GA130 and GA342, all Rudolf Steiner Verlag, various dates.

[regnauld]

Anthrophosophy embraces all cultures and traditions and practices SPIRITUAL SCIENCE to promote UNIVERSAL TRUTHS and GOODNESS!

[bisan-unsa]

Good idea, but i have a problem who should teach and lead that way of life?

[regnauld]

Good idea, but i have a problem who should teach and lead that way of life?

It starts from us and no one else.

[people watcher]

What is needed is a wisdom of the heart. Only the heart is capable of uniting polarities and harmonizing discord.

unsa may gipasabot sa "heart" ani? murag di man ni literal nga pag gamit sa word.

When the head is informed by the wisdom of the heart we will act on behalf of all humanity.

ang ako lang concern kun basin magpabilin ra gihapong anthropocentric ang kini nga "wisdom." kun mao man gani, di gihapon ma kontento ang mga followers ni peter singer.

[regnauld]

unsa may gipasabot sa "heart" ani? murag di man ni literal nga pag gamit sa word.



ang ako lang concern kun basin magpabilin ra gihapong anthropocentric ang kini nga "wisdom." kun mao man gani, di gihapon ma kontento ang mga followers ni peter singer.

The heart is the symbol of the inner core or essence of man!

Wisdom is always universal not exclusive for some.

[bisan-unsa]

I think this anthroposophia is the extension of Rene Descartes ideas... in fact he initiates the transition of cosmocentric and metacosmocentric to the anthropocentric or the man-centered... that's why he said doubt first before seeking the truth and his famous words "cogito ergo sum"...

[regnauld]

I think this anthroposophia is the extension of Rene Descartes ideas... in fact he initiates the transition of cosmocentric and metacosmocentric to the anthropocentric or the man-centered... that's why he said doubt first before seeking the truth and his famous words "cogito ergo sum"...

You have a nice point and Rudolf Steiner developed it into SPIRITUAL SCIENCE that is applicable to all aspects in life!

[bisan-unsa]

frankly speaking i know nothing of RUDOLF STEINER, but based on his some root idea comes from Hegel... i somehow see it more a bit clearer... hehehe