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Truth and Science
Prelude to “The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity” (CW 3)
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June 1995
9780936132952
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Mercury Press - Published
6th June 1995 - ISBN 9780936132952
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$12.95
Written in 1892 (CW 3)
Truth and Science is Rudolf Steiner’s doctoral thesis as well as a “prelude” to The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity. It begins with this sentence: “By analyzing the act of knowledge in a way that goes back to its basic elements, the following discussion has the task of correctly formulating the problem that knowledge poses, and of indicating the path to a solution of it.”
This volume is a translation from German of Wahrheit und Wissenschaft (GA 3).
Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Steiner (b. Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner, 1861–1925) was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up. As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe’s scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his early philosophical principles into an approach to systematic research into psychological and spiritual phenomena. Formally beginning his spiritual teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, Steiner came to use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his philosophy, spiritual research, and findings. The influence of Steiner’s multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, various therapies, philosophy, religious renewal, Waldorf education, education for special needs, threefold economics, biodynamic agriculture, Goethean science, architecture, and the arts of drama, speech, and eurythmy. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world. He died in Dornach, Switzerland.