these words from Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, a scientist who
collaborated with Dr. Rudolf Steiner around 1920. Although he is
not happy with the translation he sent it as he found it which is
as it is presented here:
"...the method of science, in a materialistic sense, is
based on analysis splitting apart, disintegration, separation,
dissecting and all the procedures which have to destroy and take
apart, to work on the corpse rather than to grow, to develop, to
synthesize. That the human mind was captured by these methods of
braking apart: in that I saw the source of our present situation.
My question therefore was: (to Rudolf Steiner) is it possible to
find another force or energy in nature, with does not have in
itself the ductus of atomizing and analysis but builds up,
synthesizes. Would we discover that constructive force, which
makes things alive and grow, develop adequate building up of
methods investigation, eventually use this force for another type
of technic, applied to drive machines, than because of the inner
nature of this force or energy we might be able to create another
technology, social structure, constructive thinking of man rather
than destructive thinking. This force must have the impulse of
life, of organization within itself as the so-called physical
energies have the splitting, separating trend within themselves.
My question to Rudolf Steiner October 1920 and spring 1921
therefore was: does such a force or source of energy exist? Can
it be demonstrated? Could an altruistic technic be build upon
it?".
My questions were answered as follows: "Yes, such a f