Ernst Lehrs
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Ernst Lehrs was a German anthroposophist
, a teacher
, lecturer and writer
.
. He was a volunteer during the beginning of World War I
. After the war he studied natural science
and graduated with his Ph.D. in 1923.
Lehrs was a senior teacher at the first Waldorf School in Stuttgart
. In 1935, he emigrated to the Netherlands
where he participated in a Waldorf school and then later to Britain
. In 1952, he returned to Germany and worked as a lecturer at the newly established course in anthroposophical curative education in Eckwälden, where he remained until his death in 1979.
Anthroposophy
Anthroposophy, a philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner, postulates the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world accessible to direct experience through inner development...
, a teacher
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
, lecturer and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
.
Life
Ernst Lehrs was born to assimilated Jewish-Protestant parents in BerlinBerlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. He was a volunteer during the beginning of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. After the war he studied natural science
Natural science
The natural sciences are branches of science that seek to elucidate the rules that govern the natural world by using empirical and scientific methods...
and graduated with his Ph.D. in 1923.
Lehrs was a senior teacher at the first Waldorf School in Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
. In 1935, he emigrated to the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
where he participated in a Waldorf school and then later to Britain
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. In 1952, he returned to Germany and worked as a lecturer at the newly established course in anthroposophical curative education in Eckwälden, where he remained until his death in 1979.
Works
- Man or Matter, London 1951; Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1953; 3rd edition 1987. ISBN 3-465-00285-7.
- Der rosenkreuzerische Impuls im Leben und Werk von Joachim Jungius und Thomas Traherne. (The Rosicrucian entrepreneurial impulse in the life and work of Joachim JungiusJoachim JungiusJoachim Jungius was a German mathematician, logician and philosopher of sciences.-Life:He was a native of Lübeck...
and Thomas TraherneThomas TraherneThomas Traherne, MA was an English poet and religious writer. His style is often considered Metaphysical.-Life:...
). Freies Geistesleben (Studien und Versuche 5), Stuttgart 1962. - Vom Geist der Sinne: Zur Diätetik des Wahrnehmens. (From the mind of the senses: toward the dietetics of perceiving). Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1973, 3rd edition 1994. ISBN 3-465-02651-8.
- Spiritual Science, Electricity and Michael Faraday, London, 1975.
- Rosicrucian Foundations of the Age of Natural Science, Spring Valley, NY, 1976.
- Gelebte Erwartung. (Living expectation). Mellinger, Stuttgart, 1979. ISBN 3-88069-088-X.
External links
- Literature by and about Ernst Lehrs in the catalog of the German National LibraryGerman National LibraryThe German National Library is the central archival library and national bibliographic centre for the Federal Republic of Germany...