Translations:Benutzer:Arian/Klett-Mini-Test/148/en

The first subtitle, Essential Features of Biodynamic Agriculture, can be understood as a condensed statement of contents. Yes, the concern here is biodynamic agriculture — but not in the sense of an inward view, an internal conversation of the biodynamic community with itself. Is it then an outward view? That too falls short, for nothing in this writing is regarded from the outside. One might say, rather, that it is a view outward. A view in which what we call 'biodynamic' is investigated beyond the movement and its self-understanding, in order to find in its essential features something of what agriculture is according to its very nature and calling. That is a large claim, and it demands a solid grounding. The present work may be read as that grounding — and I believe the author himself wishes it to be read in this way, both in content and in style. In terms of content it contains, among other things,