The Genius of Language: Observations for Teachers (Cw 299) - Rudolf Steiner

Descriere The Genius of Language: Observations for Teachers (Cw 299) - Rudolf Steiner

\n6 lectures, Stuttgart, Dec. 26, 1919 - Jan. 3, 1920 (CW 299)\n To one who understands the sense of speech \nThe world unveils \nIts image form. \n\n \nTo one who listens to the soul of speech \nThe world unfolds \nIts true being.\n \nTo one who lives in the spirit depths of speech \nThe world gives freely \nWisdom's strength.\n \nTo one who lovingly can dwell on speech \nSpeech will accord \nIts inner might.\n \nSo I will turn my heart and mind \nToward the soul \nAnd spirit of words.\n \nIn love for them \nI will then feel myself \nComplete and whole.\n \nRudolf Steiner \n(Translated by Hans and Ruth Pusch)\n \nDuring the first year of the first Waldorf school, Rudolf Steiner agreed to give a science course to the teachers, which was to be on the nature of light. At the last minute, he was asked to give an additional course on language, which he improvised. The Genius of Language is the result. \n \nSteiner demonstrates how history and psychology together form the different languages and how ideas, images, and vocabulary travel through time within various cultural streams. He describes how the power to form language has declined, but that we can still recover the seed of language, the penetration of sound by meaning. \n \nHe also explains how consonants imitate outer phenomena, whereas vowels convey a more inner sense of events; he talks about the differentiation of language as it is influenced by geography; he speaks of the folk soul element and the possibility of wordless thinking; we hear about the capacity of language to transform us and of its importance to our spiritual lives. \n \nThis is not just a course on language for those who love words but demonstrates ways to teach children. This little book will prove tremendously valuable to both educators and parents-in fact, to anyone who wants a deeper understanding of language and its significance for our lives. \n \nThis volume is a translation from German of Geisteswissenschaftlische Sprachbetrachtungen (GA 299). \n\n

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