Haven’t read anything from Steiner. Anything you can recommend?
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I don't know how much of it that I can recall accurately. There was a lot of tedious stuff to grind through in order to get to the interesting stuff.
Much of what he covers is what is termed "theosophy". This seems to have it's own big set of terminology & definitions.
It was interesting but not particularly useful for me.
You mean anthroposophy [ “anthropos” (human being) and “sophia” (wisdom), “anthroposophy” means, literally, “wisdom of the human being”, just as “philosophy” can be translated as “love of wisdom"].
It's technically an offshoot of theosophy, but not a religious movement (details).
Give the Philosophy of Freedom a try; TLDR:
Steiner argues that freedom is not merely an external condition or political arrangement. It is a spiritual activity; a deed that arises when thought, feeling, and will become harmonised through inner discipline. Freedom is not instinct, nor impulse, nor opinion. It is the rare act of a person who has worked their way to the truth of a situation through clear, living thinking, and who then acts from that insight with courage and responsibility...
“To be free means to be capable of thinking one’s own thoughts, not the thoughts
merely of the body or of society, but thoughts born in the spirit, individualised, and
applied in action.” – Rudolf Steiner, The Philosophy of Freedom (GA 4)
Some more here 👇 Will look into Montesquieu 🫡
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