GA 184

The Polarity of Duration and Development in Human Life. The Cosmic Prehistory of Humanity

Die Polarität von Dauer und Entwickelung im Menschenleben. Die kosmische Vorgeschichte der Menschheit

Fifteen lectures, Dornach 6 September to 13 October 1918.

Contents (selection)

Augustine and Cartesius. Moon and Sun. Auguste Comte and Schelling / The Essence of Sleep. The Power of Ideals / The Eighth Sphere. Time in historical becoming / Fatalism and dualism. Intuition, prophetic vision, apocalypse / The willing and the thinking human being / The law of vibrations / Spiritual science as a bridge between natural order and spiritual order. The law of polarity / Semitic and Greek culture / Resurrection and birth / The ghostly nature of natural science. The significance of the year 666 / The Academy of Gondishapur. Natural rhythms and rhythms in a new technology / The year 333. Rome in the time of Augustus and the Catholic Church.

Literature

German

• Rudolf Steiner: Die Polarität von Dauer und Entwickelung im Menschenleben. Die kosmische Vorgeschichte der Menschheit., GA 184 (2002), ISBN 3-7274-1840-0 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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