I am amazed that I just discovered this fellow yesterday. He was a fabulous intellectual from Germany that gave over 6,000 lectures and wrote many books. One of his books: "The Philosophy of Freedom" is being rediscovered today. I feel he was about 100 years ahead of his time. He left us with a wonderful educational concept known as Waldorf Schools. There are several in America and throughout the World. When I was reading about him I was thinking that his principals were very similar to Maria Montessori. Well, as I kept on reading, I discovered that they had studied the same philosophers and had individually arrived at the same conclusion.
That conclusion is that children need to learn in natural environments. They both believed in Holistic education where several subjects are acquired at the same time. They both made the connection between music, art, performing and the ability to remember more information as well as be able to transfer the information from one application to the other.
We need this now more than ever because as evolution speeds up we will need people that are capable of solving problems quickly, morally, and accurately.
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