The Essential Steiner: Basic Writings of Rudolf Steiner: Knowledge, Nature, and Spirit; Spiritual Anthropology; Historical Vision; Esoteric Christianity; Society and Education

Rudolf Steiner

ISBN 10: 0060653450 / ISBN 13: 9780060653453

Published by HarperCollins Children's Books, 1984

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Essential Steiner: Basic Writings of Rudolf Steiner: Knowledge, Nature, and Spirit; Spiritual Anthropology; Historical Vision; Esoteric Christianity; Society and Education
• Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060653450
• ISBN 13: 9780060653453
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Essays by the distinguished Austrian social philosopher include discussions of the theory of human nature, the mystical teachings of Christianity, and the roots of education

About the Author

Robert McDermott, Ph.D., is president emeritus and chair of the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). His publications include Radhakrishnan (1970); The Essential Aurobindo (1974, 1987); The Essential Steiner (1984); (with Rudolf Steiner) The Bhagavad Gita and the West (2009); and The New Essential Steiner (2009). He has also published on William James, Josiah Royce, M. K. Gandhi, the evolution of consciousness, and American thought. His administrative service includes president of the New York Center for Anthroposophy; president of the Rudolf Steiner [summer] Institute; chair of the board of Sunbridge College (New York) and of Rudolf Steiner College (California). He was a member of the council of the Anthroposophical Society in America (1996–2004). He is the founding chair of the board of the Sophia Project, an anthroposophic home in Oakland, California, for mothers and children at risk of homelessness. He is a Lindisfarne fellow, a Fetzer mentor, and a member of the Esalen Corportion.