Monday, January 18, 2021

The futility of arguing with the opponents of truth

 




Rudolf Steiner: "There are still many Anthroposophists who think that something may be reached by argument with the opponent. Nothing can do us more harm than success in setting forth our truths in the form of argument; for people do not hate us because we say something that is not true, but because we say the truth. And the more we succeed in proving that we say the truth, the more they will hate us. Of course this cannot prevent us from stating the truth. But it can prevent us from being so naïve as to think that it is possible to progress by argument."



Thank you once again (and always), Hazel!
Source: Rudolf Steiner – GA 221 – Knowledge Pervaded with the Experience of Love – Dornach, February 18, 1923, cited in https://reverseritual.com/freedom-justice-for-all/

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