Philosophical Speculations

How? By doing the thinking exercises in the outer world indicated in my quote, and similar ones, which are not concentration/meditation and require engagement in the outer world. From the phenomenological perspective, the 'outer world' is all imaginative content which has receded as memory from the ...

I'll begin with quoting a few passages (out of the many possible) showing how the testing of such spiritual-scientific hypotheses against the phenomenal facts of experience actually can adequately unfold without the study-meditate element. “Considering the real practice of thought, it must be r ...

I agree with that, in general (although I think you are underestimating what Steiner referred to as practical thinking that can develop a sense for truth , or, in other words, you are underestimating what Martin O'Keefe-Liddard shared in the excellent post you reported in the other thread). The ...

To be clear, what I meant to show with the image above is that “A” can be purposefully contextualized and made to look something quite different, purely because of the added context. In the image, “B” is such recontextualized “A”. “B” is made to look very different from “A”, but in reality it is ide ...

Another great example to contemplate: *** FIGURATION AND THE CHALLENGE FOR THOSE WHO STOP AT THE PHILOSOPHY OF FREEDOM This touches on something genuinely important about how anthroposophy is structured and what happens when someone engages deeply with The Philosophy of Freedom but finds themselves ...

The position on gender affirming surgery is concerning, however. I think that is a slippery slope and appealing to cases where they may be an "unbearable existence" seems quite illogical. Perhaps Rodriel can shed some more light on the nuances of the official position here. Sure, I'm happy to ...

Below we have a great example of the direction in which the 'culmination' of Anthroposophy should be sought (from the Facebook page). There may be some life left in this husk yet, if only more souls could become enthusiastic for contemplating the Light of their inner process in this way. *** What ...

Well the quote is about the value of Scholastic thought and its quality of precision developed in the quiet surroundings of the monastery. It does not suggest that because they developed thought in those propitious conditions in the 1200s, then today we should rediscover the RCC as a host for ...

Well the quote is about the value of Scholastic thought and its quality of precision developed in the quiet surroundings of the monastery. It does not suggest that because they developed thought in those propitious conditions in the 1200s, then today we should rediscover the RCC as a host for ...

The ideal of “healing” borrowed by Levin’s "freedom of embodiment" from diffuse moral generalities, is instantly betrayed by his superimposed “longevity” motives, for example. The seemingly moral guideline is only a very thin mask on what for all intents and purposes comes down to “manipulating the ...