{"product_id":"goethes-theory-of-knowledge-an-outline-of-the-epistemology-of-his-worldview-cw-2-9780880106238","title":"Goethe's Theory of Knowledge: An Outline of the Epistemology of His Worldview (Cw 2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten 1884-1885; first published 1886 (CW 2)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Goethe's Theory of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e was Steiner's first book. It is a remarkable performance, communicating the white heat, passion, and intensity of thinking that only youth's vitality can summon. 'One can write in such a seminal way only at the beginning of one's path of knowledge, ' as he says. Reintroducing it forty years later, he could say with confidence that 'as a theory of knowledge it seems to form the justification for everything I have said and published since then.' In other words, by means of the path of thinking laid down here, Steiner began the process of breaking the ground in which the seeds of spiritual science, which he would be called upon to inaugurate, could germinate.\" -- \u003cb\u003eChristopher Bamford\u003c\/b\u003e (introduction)\u003cp\u003eAs the editor of Goethe's scientific writings during the 1880s, Rudolf Steiner became immersed in a worldview that paralleled and amplified his own views in relation to epistemology, the interface between science and philosophy, the theory of how we know the world and ourselves. At the time, like much of the thinking today and the foundation of modern natural science, the predominant theories held that individual knowledge is limited to thinking that reflects objective, sensory perception. Steiner's view was eventually distilled in his \u003ci\u003eAnthroposophical Leading Thoughts\u003c\/i\u003e in 1924: \"There are those who believe that, with the limits of knowledge derived from sensory perception, the limits of all insight are given. Yet if they would carefully observe how they become conscious of these limits, they would find in the very consciousness of the limits the faculties to transcend them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this concise volume, Steiner lays out his argument for this view and, moreover, begins his explication of how one goes beyond thinking to the observation of thinking itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoethe's Theory of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for a deeper understanding of Rudolf Steiner's seminal work, \u003ci\u003eIntuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path: A Philosophy of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is a translation from the German of \u003ci\u003eGrundlinien einer Erkenntnistheorie der Goetheschen Weltanschauung, mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Schiller\u003c\/i\u003e (GA 2). Previous translations were published as \u003ci\u003eThe Science of Knowing\u003c\/i\u003e (1988) and \u003ci\u003eThe Theory of Knowledge implicit in Goethe's World-Conception: Fundamental Outlines with Special Reference to Schiller\u003c\/i\u003e (1940).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteiner, Rudolf:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRudolf Steiner\u003c\/strong\u003e (1861-1925) was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up. As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe's scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his early philosophical principles into an approach to systematic research into psychological and spiritual phenomena. Formally beginning his spiritual teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, Steiner came to use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his philosophy, spiritual research, and findings. The influence of Steiner's multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, various therapies, philosophy, religious renewal, Waldorf education, education for special needs, threefold economics, biodynamic agriculture, Goethean science, architecture, and the arts of drama, speech, and eurythmy. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world. He died in Dornach, Switzerland.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBamford, Christopher:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eChristopher Bamford\u003c\/b\u003e is Editor in Chief Emeritus for SteinerBooks (Anthroposophic Press) and its imprints. A Fellow of the Lindisfarne Association, he has lectured, taught, and written widely on Western spiritual and esoteric traditions. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Voice of the Eagle: The Heart of Celtic Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e (1990) and \u003ci\u003eAn Endless Trace: The Passionate Pursuit of Wisdom in the West\u003c\/i\u003e (2003). He has also translated and edited numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eCeltic Christianity: Ecology and Holiness (1982);\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHomage to Pythagoras: Rediscovering Sacred Science;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Noble Traveller: The Life and Writings of O. V. de L. Milosz\u003c\/i\u003e (all published by Lindisfarne Books). 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