Added: May 16, 2008
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http://www.philosophyoffreedom.com Pursuit Of Individuality Inspired by Rudolf Steiner's ''Philosophy Of Freedom'', (taken from original version, Chapter 1, The Goal Of Knowledge, before it was removed in the 1918 revision). In the present day, human interests tend to center in the veneration of human individuality. An energetic effort is being made to shake off every kind of authority. Nothing is accepted as valid, unless it springs from the roots of individuality. Everything which hinders the individual in the full development of his powers is thrust aside. The saying, ''Each one of us must choose his hero in whose footsteps he toils up to Olympus'', no longer holds for us. We allow no ideals to be forced upon us. We are convinced that in each of us, if only we probe deep enough into the very heart of our being, there dwells something noble, something worthy of development. We no longer believe that there is a norm of human life to which we must all strive to conform. We regard the perfection of the whole to depend on the unique perfection of each single individual. We do not want to do what anyone else can do equally well. No, our contribution to the development of the world, however trifling, must be something which, by reason of the uniqueness of our nature, we alone can offer. Never have artists been less concerned about rules and norms in art than today. Each of them asserts their right to express, in the creations of their art, what is unique in them. There are dramatists who use informal language rather than conform to the standard diction which grammar demands. No better expression for these phenomena can be found than this, that they result from the individuals striving towards 'freedom', developed to its highest pitch. We do not want to be dependent in any respect, and where dependence must be, we tolerate it only on condition that it coincides with a vital interest of our individuality. Where dependence must be, we tolerate it only on condition that it coincides with a vital interest of our individuality. Truth, too, will be sought in an age such as ours only in the depths of human nature. http://www.philosophyoffreedom.com rudolf steiner anthroposophy biodynamic waldorf school eurythmy goetheanum philosophy free freedom anthroposophic
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