The Roots of Education: Lecture 1 of 5: Lecture delivered in Bern, Switzerland on April 13, 1924; from The Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner

This lecture is part of the collection "The Roots of Education" by Rudolf Steiner. Steiner (1861-1925) was an Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, and esotericist. He gained initial recognition as a literary critic and cultural philosopher. At the beginning of the 20th century, he founded a spiritual movement, Anthroposophy. He is considered the father of Waldorf education, biodynamic agriculture, anthroposophical medicine and spiritual science. A new education requires a new knowledge of the whole human being in body, soul, and spirit. The change of teeth signals the end of the first stage of childhood. Soul and spirit descend into a body provided by inheritance, which is used as the model for the "second" human being. During the first stage the child is a sense organ that perceives moral influences. The influence of the teacher's temperament. The entire Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner are available from SteinerBooks.