Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 101 Lehrs, Ernst 1894 1979 Man or Matter Introduction to a Spiritual Understanding of Nature on the Basis of Goethe's Method of Training Observation and Thought Reading ease score: 51.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. This eBook was produced by Adam Kane "Man or Matter" by Ernst Lehrs is a scientific publication written during the mid-20th century. The book explores the intersection between spiritual understanding and the material world, emphasizing a new method of observing nature inspired by Goethe's approach. It aims to transcend the limitations of modern science, advocating for a deeper understanding of natural phenomena through a spiritual lens, particularly influenced by the teachings of Rudolf Steiner. The opening of the work establishes the author's journey towards a new understanding of science and its relationship with human consciousness. Lehrs reflects on his early experiences as an electrical engineer, shaped by the disillusionment of the war and a desire to reconcile the gap between human thought and action. He recounts how his encounter with Rudolf Steiner prompted him to rethink the foundations of scientific inquiry and philosophy. The first chapter sets the stage for a critique of contemporary scientific methods, stressing the inadequacies of observing the world through a single, "colour-blind" perspective, and introduces the idea that a more holistic and spiritually aware approach is necessary to comprehend the dynamic forces of nature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 Anthroposophy Cosmology BP Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 986932 964948 2024-10-03T06:04:05.002346 2023-10-03T06:04:03.096449 text/html text/html 909025 2020-12-29T00:45:05 text/html; charset=utf-8 1397355 2020-12-29T00:45:05 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1540686 2024-10-03T06:04:16.151321 application/epub+zip 1553903 2024-10-03T06:04:07.212333 application/epub+zip 393602 2024-10-03T06:04:05.849376 application/epub+zip 1826977 2024-10-03T06:04:22.811236 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1766510 2024-10-03T06:04:15.272307 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 616011 2022-09-03T08:13:36.679422 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 860071 860052 2024-10-03T06:04:03.267386 2023-10-03T06:04:01.552447 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 854943 2020-12-29T00:45:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 300343 2020-12-29T00:45:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20090 2024-10-03T06:04:22.982257 application/rdf+xml 10226 2024-10-03T06:04:06.436329 image/jpeg 2833 2024-10-03T06:04:06.148332 image/jpeg 1485734 2024-10-03T06:04:05.136331 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia