Sublime

Among the philosophical sources, perhaps most influential was the work of the educator and social innovator Rudolf Steiner, whose synthesis of science, consciousness, and social innovation continues to inspire my work and whose methodological grounding in Goethe’s phenomenological view of science has left the most significant imprint on Theory U.

Steiner’s foundational book, The Philosophy of Freedom,

Ici, en la personne de Rudolf Steiner, futur fondateur de l’anthroposophie14, à qui ses disciples édifièrent plus tard écoles et académies somptueuses pour l’aider à imposer sa doctrine, je rencontrai de nouveau, pour la première fois depuis Theodor Herzl, un homme que le destin allait charger de devenir le guide de millions de gens.

participants were interested in a system of spiritual philosophy developed by the philosopher-scientist Rudolf Steiner, who conceived of society as comprising three realms: economic, rights (including politics and law), and cultural-spiritual. He believed that a healthy society depended on a balance among the three domains.