A true and comprehensive conception of what the human being is can come to us only from beyond the threshold of the spiritual world

 

Rudolf Steiner:  "By no means clearly, and yet in an instinctive way, people in all regions of the Earth feel the meaning of human dignity, of an existence worthy of the human being. The abstract social democrat of the present time believes that it is a simple matter to express in an international way the meaning of human dignity, human rights, etc. This cannot be done. If these things are to be expressed, it is imperative that we bear in mind the truth that the real conception of the human being belongs inherently beyond the threshold of the spiritual world, since man really belongs to the world of spirit and soul. In other words, a true and comprehensive conception of what the human being is can come to us only from beyond the threshold of the spiritual world."

Source: The Rudolf Steiner Archive  November 29, 1918