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The Education of the Child: And Early Lectures on Education (Foundations of Waldorf Education, 25)
As early as 1884, while tutoring a boy with special needs, Steiner began a lifelong interest in applying spiritual knowledge to the practical aspects of life. Steiner originally published the essay at the core of this book in 1907. It represents his earliest ideas on education, in which he lays out the soul spiritual processes of human development, describing the need to u...more
Paperback, 144 pages
Published
May 1st 1996
by Steiner Books
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A cery good book aout the education of the children, from the perspective of the antroposophy.
I really enjoyed this, which I actually listened to as an audiobook rather than reading with my own eyes. Some of his more woo-woo ideas are a bit much for me, but I think if you read them as a metaphor rather than a literal interpretation, he's still making excellent points. I do wonder how shocked Steiner would be to see the lives of children today.
I do think he greatly privelages Western civilization over all others, and this bothers me, but I still find his ideas generally co...more
I do think he greatly privelages Western civilization over all others, and this bothers me, but I still find his ideas generally co...more
Well, it's Steiner, so what can I say. Talks a lot about spiritual science. Not really what I expected based o the book title. That said, he's thoughts and bases on education seem timeless as some examples fit perfectly in today's life, even though some of the lectures where written 100 years ago. But hey, I'm all for Waldorf education...
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Steiner was a philosopher, social thinker, architect, and esotericist.
"Steiner led this movement through several phases. In the first, more philosophically oriented phase, Steiner attempted to find a synthesis between science and mysticism; his philosophical work of these years, which he termed spiritual science, sought to provide a connection between the cognitive path of Western...more
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"Steiner led this movement through several phases. In the first, more philosophically oriented phase, Steiner attempted to find a synthesis between science and mysticism; his philosophical work of these years, which he termed spiritual science, sought to provide a connection between the cognitive path of Western...more
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