Category: Rudolf Steiner
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Thinking and Arguments
No one system of philosophy is able to eliminate the others, since each of them is plausible, at least within certain limits. Nevertheless, the game goes on, and people dispute endlessly. It is striking how a man will admit his inferiority in sports, since his abilities in comparison to the better players is plainly visible…
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The Spirit of Joseph de Maistre
Joseph de Maistre was an Hermetist (in the school of Martines de Pasqually and Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin), Traditionalist, Reactionary, European, and a source of the Russian Idea. In his Self-Defense, Julius Evola includes Maistre among those well-bred men holding sane and normal views common prior to the French Revolution. In this brief review of the…
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Courage and Fearlessness
The would-be initiate must bring with him a certain measure of courage and fearlessness. He must positively go out of his way to find opportunities for developing these virtues. His training should provide for their systematic cultivation. In this respect, life itself is a good school — possibly the best school. The student must learn…