Threefold State: The True Aspect of the Social Question

by Rudolf Steiner

The Threefold The True Aspect of the Social Question is a book written by Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian philosopher and founder of the Anthroposophical movement. In this book, Steiner presents his ideas on how society should be organized, arguing that it should be divided into three distinct the economic, the political, and the cultural.According to Steiner, the economic sphere should be governed by the principles of free competition and individual initiative, with businesses and industries operating independently of government control. The political sphere, on the other hand, should be responsible for maintaining law and order, protecting individual rights, and providing basic social services such as healthcare and education. Finally, the cultural sphere should be responsible for the development of art, science, and spirituality, free from the influence of both the economic and political spheres.Steiner argues that this threefold division of society is necessary to prevent the concentration of power in any one area, which can lead to corruption and oppression. He also believes that this system will allow individuals to develop their full potential and contribute to society in a meaningful way.Overall, The Threefold State is a thought-provoking book that challenges conventional ideas about how society should be organized. It offers a unique perspective on the social question and provides a framework for creating a more just and equitable Forward; The Social Question in its True Aspect as it Presents Itself in the Life of the Modern World; What Actual Life Demands for the Solution of Social Problems and Social Needs; Capitalism and Social Idea; International Aspect of the Threefold Commonwealth.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.

220 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1996

About the author

Author also wrote under the name Rudolph Steiner.

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Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner was an Austrian occultist, social reformer, architect, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant. Steiner gained initial recognition at the end of the nineteenth century as a literary critic and published works including The Philosophy of Freedom. At the beginning of the twentieth century he founded an esoteric spiritual movement, anthroposophy, with roots in German idealist philosophy and theosophy. His teachings are influenced by Christian Gnosticism or neognosticism. Many of his ideas are pseudoscientific. He was also prone to pseudohistory.
In the first, more philosophically oriented phase of this movement, Steiner attempted to find a synthesis between science and spirituality. His philosophical work of these years, which he termed "spiritual science", sought to apply what he saw as the clarity of thinking characteristic of Western philosophy to spiritual questions,  differentiating this approach from what he considered to be vaguer approaches to mysticism. In a second phase, beginning around 1907, he began working collaboratively in a variety of artistic media, including drama, dance and architecture, culminating in the building of the Goetheanum, a cultural centre to house all the arts. In the third phase of his work, beginning after World War I, Steiner worked on various ostensibly applied projects, including Waldorf education, biodynamic agriculture, and anthroposophical medicine.
Steiner advocated a form of ethical individualism, to which he later brought a more explicitly spiritual approach. He based his epistemology on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's world view in which "thinking…is no more and no less an organ of perception than the eye or ear. Just as the eye perceives colours and the ear sounds, so thinking perceives ideas." A consistent thread that runs through his work is the goal of demonstrating that there are no limits to human knowledge.