Connected to this focus on the human being, is the entire concept of Anthroposophy.
( I think, perhaps, one reason he was uninterested in educating the demonic humans was because he didn't think a Natural earthly spirit could truly study the human condition and human potential. Plus, he believed that animals, like a flock of birds, had a group mind, whereas humans were more individuated
.... so the 'demonic' humans could be seen as NPCs. )
Yes, the wiki bashes him as a racist, nazi, antisemitic and pseudoscientist. Even though he and Hitler had opposing philosophies.
But an interesting take away is the background and focus of study:
Ignaz Troxler used the term anthroposophy to refer to philosophy deepened to self-knowledge, which he suggested allows deeper knowledge of nature as well. He spoke of human nature as a mystical unity of God and world. Immanuel Hermann Fichte used the term anthroposophy to refer to "rigorous human self-knowledge," achievable through thorough comprehension of the human spirit and of the working of God in this spirit, in his 1856 work Anthropology: The Study of the Human Soul. In 1872, the philosopher of religion Gideon Spicker used the term anthroposophy to refer to self-knowledge that would unite God and world: "the true study of the human being is the human being, and philosophy's highest aim is self-knowledge, or Anthroposophy."
Steiner began using the term anthroposophy (i.e. human wisdom as the central point, not the green agenda of today ) as an alternative to the term theosophy (i.e. divine wisdom, with a focus on Eastern mysticism).
The study of human wisdom links the material world with the divine.
Anyway, in his belief, humans and animals both have the etheric spirit/energy but humans went to higher realms. They essentially have eternal life. Whereas the wholly Natural beings, with only an earthly etheric spirit would only have that one life in that particular way. They did not have a soul or eternal life in the manner of real human beings.
Hopefully some of this makes sense. It is a really different philosophy from how we would normally understand the world. And Steiner was a mystic dreamer type, difficult to understand.
I am not saying any of this is true or that I believe it, but his books and lectures can expand your mind, if you let it.
Connected to this focus on the human being, is the entire concept of Anthroposophy.
( I think, perhaps, one reason he was uninterested in educating the demonic humans was because he didn't think a Natural earthly spirit could truly study the human condition and human potential. Plus, he believed that animals, like a flock of birds, had a group mind, whereas humans were more individuated .... so the 'demonic' humans could be seen as NPCs. )
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthroposophy
Yes, the wiki bashes him as a racist, nazi, antisemitic and pseudoscientist. Even though he and Hitler had opposing philosophies.
But an interesting take away is the background and focus of study:
Ignaz Troxler used the term anthroposophy to refer to philosophy deepened to self-knowledge, which he suggested allows deeper knowledge of nature as well. He spoke of human nature as a mystical unity of God and world. Immanuel Hermann Fichte used the term anthroposophy to refer to "rigorous human self-knowledge," achievable through thorough comprehension of the human spirit and of the working of God in this spirit, in his 1856 work Anthropology: The Study of the Human Soul. In 1872, the philosopher of religion Gideon Spicker used the term anthroposophy to refer to self-knowledge that would unite God and world: "the true study of the human being is the human being, and philosophy's highest aim is self-knowledge, or Anthroposophy."
Steiner began using the term anthroposophy (i.e. human wisdom as the central point, not the green agenda of today ) as an alternative to the term theosophy (i.e. divine wisdom, with a focus on Eastern mysticism).
The study of human wisdom links the material world with the divine.
Anyway, in his belief, humans and animals both have the etheric spirit/energy but humans went to higher realms. They essentially have eternal life. Whereas the wholly Natural beings, with only an earthly etheric spirit would only have that one life in that particular way. They did not have a soul or eternal life in the manner of real human beings.
Hopefully some of this makes sense. It is a really different philosophy from how we would normally understand the world. And Steiner was a mystic dreamer type, difficult to understand.
I am not saying any of this is true or that I believe it, but his books and lectures can expand your mind, if you let it.