GA 53

Origin and Goal of Man (1904/05) - Basic Concepts of Spiritual Science

Ursprung und Ziel des Menschen (1904/05) - Grundbegriffe der Geisteswissenschaft

Twenty-three lectures, Berlin 29 September 1904 to 8 June 1905.

Contents

What does modern man find in Theosophy / The human being / Reincarnation and karma / Theosophy and Darwin / Theosophy and Tolstoy / The world of the soul / The spirit land / Friedrich Nietzsche / Of the inner life / The origin and goal of man / The origin of the earth / The great initiates / Ibsen's spirit / The future of man / Goethe's gospel / Goethe's secret revelation. The Tale of the Green Serpent and the Beautiful Lily / Schiller and the Present / The Various Faculties and Theosophy (4 lectures).

Literature

German

• Rudolf Steiner: Ursprung und Ziel des Menschen, GA 53 (1981), ISBN 3-7274-0532-5 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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