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«It seems that mechanical-technical civilization is primarily deadly for the soul. The heart can hardly bear the icy touch of...
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When visiting another country, I show my appreciation for ‹foreign› people and their culture by trying to thank, greet, and...
Our tour group had booked an auditorium in the hotel in Luxor, Egypt. We were there on time, but an employee stood in front of the locked door and indicated that the auditorium was still occupied. After a little waiting, I kindly said that our schedule did not allow for...
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Our time has become sensitive to how a person represents Anthroposophy. Someone who is seriously seeking prefers encounter over instruction....
Do you know Beethoven’s «Immortal Beloved»? Beethoven dedicated all his music from a certain point in time to an «immortal...
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Who still owns the truth today? The world has become incredibly complex in the last 100 years. The longing for simple answers is greater than ever – but these are more difficult to get than ever. Opinions are plentiful. They often come in black or white. There are endless, contradictory...
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Blackbirds, tits, and finches do not argue about the way they sing. They simply sing and chirp the beauty’s tones....
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During my Easter visit to Potsdam, I met I., a young mother and sales manager from Odesa in Ukraine. Her...
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What can philosophy do about uncertainty? This is what two journalists of the ‹NZZ›[note]‹Is our society falling apart?›, interview of March 2, 2016 by Marco Färber and Markus Spillmann in ‹nzz Standpunkte›[/note] asked Peter Sloterdijk a few years ago. The philosopher replied that a story had to be told in...
500,000 people have looked at Caroline Kube’s fingers showing how to crochet a potholder with a waffle pattern. These half-million...
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The Protestant aid organization Bread for the World published the Atlas of Civil Society last week. The book documents in...
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