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Friedrich Nietzsche
Fighter for Freedom
Rudolf Steiner
Foreword by Bernard J. Garber
Introduction by Paul Marshall Allen
Translated by Margaret Ingram deRis
Foreword by Bernard J. Garber
Introduction by Paul Marshall Allen
Translated by Margaret Ingram deRis
Paperback
October 2024
9781621483380
More details
- Publisher
SteinerBooks - ISBN 9781621483380
- Language English
- Pages 228 pp.
- Size 5.5" x 8.5"
$24.95
Written in 1889 (CW 5)
Steiner met Nietzsche's work in 1889. At once fascinated by Nietszche's style and repelled by certain pathological aspects of his consciousness, Steiner recognized Nietzsche's spiritual preeminence as a "fighter for freedom."
Six years later, as a result of meeting Nietzsche's sister, Steiner encountered the dying philosopher himself. Thereafter, he spent several weeks in the Nietzsche archives. The result was this book, an essential stepping stone toward an understanding of anthroposophy.
This book is a translation from German of Friedrich Nietzsche, ein Kämpfer gegen seine Zeit (GA 5).
C O N T E N T S:
Foreword to the 1985 Edition
Introduction: Friedrich Nietzsche and Rudolf Steiner
1 Friedrich Nietzsche, a Fighter against His Time
2. The Psychology of Friedrich Nietzsche as a Psychopathological Problem
3. Friedrich Nietzsche’s Personality and Psychotherapy
4. The Personality of Friedrich Nietzsche, a Memorial Address
Index
Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Steiner (b. Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner, 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.
