He was a man born into a world dominated by scientific materialism. His objection to this materialism was not merely intellectual, or even egotistical (the feeling 'If the world is wholly material, then I can't be very important'). It was the feeling that man is cut off from his inner powers by this superficial attitude.


p. 166 - Rudolf Steiner: The Man and His Vision (1985)

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He was a man born into a world dominated by scientific materialism. His objection to this materialism was not merely intellectual, or even...

He was a man born into a world dominated by scientific materialism. His objection to this materialism was not merely intellectual, or even...

He was a man born into a world dominated by scientific materialism. His objection to this materialism was not merely intellectual, or even...

He was a man born into a world dominated by scientific materialism. His objection to this materialism was not merely intellectual, or even...