Previous translation titled Study of Man.

The Foundations of Human Experience series contains some of the most remarkable and significant lectures ever given by Rudolf Steiner. But, because these lectures were given to teachers, they have suffered the misconception that they are valuable only to teachers. Any teacher who wishes to teach in a way that encompasses the whole child will certainly need a functional understanding of what Steiner presents here. Nevertheless, these lectures will also greatly benefit parents, psychologists, and counsellors.

Furthermore, because Steiner here gives his most concise and detailed account of the nature of the human being, these lectures are also absolutely essential for those who want a deep understanding of Steiner’s spiritual science. Anyone who is willing to work through this work will discover here a new, powerful, convincing, and profoundly phenomenological “anthropology” of human spiritual psychology.

These are the lectures in which, for the first time, Steiner laid out the principles upon which the art of teaching could be renewed. This is the primary text for those who take up a study of Waldorf education.