Concerning the Last Things
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Concerning the Last Things collects writings by Otto Weininger that were published after his death by friends.
Rudolf Steiner describes its aphoristic observations as paradoxical distortions of what might otherwise resemble spiritual or imaginative knowledge.
The book links human psychological states with natural forms, including plants and dogs, and treats illness, evil, and human nature in highly provocative terms.
Steiner argues that some of its insights follow the pattern of imaginative perception but have been forced into unsuitable intellectual and physical forms.
The work is therefore presented simultaneously as evidence of Weininger’s instability and as a revealing symptom of transitional modern consciousness.
Rudolf Steiner describes its aphoristic observations as paradoxical distortions of what might otherwise resemble spiritual or imaginative knowledge.
The book links human psychological states with natural forms, including plants and dogs, and treats illness, evil, and human nature in highly provocative terms.
Steiner argues that some of its insights follow the pattern of imaginative perception but have been forced into unsuitable intellectual and physical forms.
The work is therefore presented simultaneously as evidence of Weininger’s instability and as a revealing symptom of transitional modern consciousness.
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CW 170 The Riddle of Humanity: Lecture 1 (Dornach, 29 July 1916) by Rudolf Steiner
