Human and Cosmic Thought | Free Book
Rudolf Steiner, C. Davy (trans.)
Rudolf Steiner demonstrates that there are twelve main philosophical
standpoints, and that the future of philosophy rests not upon
defending one and refuting the others, but in learning to experience
the validity of them all.What convinces us of the truth of a certain
point of view? Why do we find it difficult to comprehend viewpoints
that differ from our own? What are the inner foundations of our
knowledge? In these concentrated and aphoristic lectures, Steiner
speaks of twelve main philosophical standpoints, and the importance of
understanding each of them. An appreciation of the variety of possible
world views not only sharpens and makes more flexible our own powers
of thinking, but helps us to overcome a narrow-minded one-sidedness,
promoting tolerance of other people and their opinions.Steiner goes on
to explain how each standpoint is also coloured by a particular 'soul
mood', which influences the way we actively pursue knowledge. Several
philosophers and their works are characterised in this manner,
throwing light on their contributions to human culture. Through such
insight into the true nature of human thinking, we are led to
understand the quality of cosmic thought and how, in Rudolf Steiner's
words, the human being can be seen as a 'thought which is thought by
the Hierarchies of the cosmos'.
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