Name: The Threefold Commonwealth
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Author: Steiner, Rudolf
ISBN: 9781497915114

Type

Physical Book

Author

Rudolf Steiner

Publisher

Literary Licensing, LLC

Language

English

Pages

182

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

27.9x21.6x1.1 cm

Weight

0.71 kg.

ISBN13

9781497915114

Synopsis "The Threefold Commonwealth"

The Threefold Commonwealth is a book written by Rudolf Steiner, a philosopher, and spiritual teacher. In this book, Steiner proposes a new social order based on three distinct spheres of society: the economic, political, and cultural. He argues that each of these spheres should be autonomous and self-governing, but also work together in harmony to create a balanced and just society.Steiner believes that the economic sphere should be guided by the principles of free enterprise and competition, but also be regulated by ethical considerations and the needs of society as a whole. The political sphere should be responsible for maintaining law and order, but also be accountable to the people and protect individual freedoms. Finally, the cultural sphere should be dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge, art, and spirituality, free from the influence of economic and political interests.The Threefold Commonwealth is a thought-provoking and challenging book that offers a new vision for society and the role of government. Steiner's ideas have influenced many social and political movements, and continue to be studied and debated by scholars and activists around the world.This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Rudolf Steiner

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Rudolf Steiner (Donji Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Croatia, February 25 or 27, 1861-Dornach, Switzerland, March 30, 1925) was an Austrian philosopher, literary scholar, educator, artist, playwright, social thinker, and occultist. He was the founder of anthroposophy, Waldorf education, biodynamic agriculture, anthroposophic medicine, and the new artistic form of eurythmy.

He described anthroposophy as follows: Anthroposophy is a path of knowledge that would like to lead the spiritual in man to the spiritual in the universe. Those who feel certain questions about the essence of man and the world as a vital necessity as the one felt when we are hungry and thirsty can be anthroposophists.

Steiner proposed a form of ethical individualism, to which he later added a more explicitly spiritual component. He derived his epistemology from the worldview of Johann Wolfgang Goethe, according to which thought is an organ of perception just like the eye or the ear. Just as the eye perceives colors and the ear sounds, so thought perceives ideas.

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