GA 293

The General Study of Man as the Foundation of Pedagogy

Allgemeine Menschenkunde als Grundlage der Pädagogik

Fourteen lectures, Stuttgart 21 August to 5 September 1919.

Although these lectures were given to teachers as preparatory material, they are by no means concerned only with education. Study of Man is Steiner's most succinct presentation of his human-centered spiritual psychology, and it is accessible to anyone genuinely interested in the questions of human existence. His approach is unique because it considers not only the influences that affect humanity from the past, but also future states of consciousness and being.

„Although we can physically see children only after their birth, we need to be aware that birth is also a continuation. We do not want to look only at what the human being experiences after death, that is, at the spiritual continuation of the physical. We want to be aware that physical existence is a continuation of what higher beings have done without our assistance. Our form of educating can have the correct attitude only when we are aware that our work with young people is a continuation of what higher beings have done before birth.“

– Rudolf Steiner

Literature

• Rudolf Steiner, A. C. Harwood (Editor), Daphne Harwood (Translator), Helen Fox (Translator): Study of Man: General Education Course. CW 293. Rudolf Steiner Press 2004. ISBN 978-1855841871; eBook ASIN B07N9RQDQB (2013) rsarchive.org
• rudolf Steiner, Robert F. Lathe (Translator), Nancy Parsons Whittaker (Translator) : Foundations of Human Experience. Opening address, Stuttgart, August 20, 1919. 14 lectures, Stuttgart, August 21-September 5, 1919 (CW 293), 2 lectures, Berlin, March 15 and 17, 1917 (CW 66). SteinerBooks 1996. ISBN 978-0880103923; eBook ASIN B005IGJCUU rsarchive.org rsarchive.org

German

• Rudolf Steiner: Allgemeine Menschenkunde als Grundlage der Pädagogik, GA 293 (1992), ISBN 3-7274-2930-5 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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