Questions Regarding Health in Light of Spiritual Science

May we now — let us ask ourselves this question today — cherish the hope that Spiritual Science, which has been characterized from various sides in these lecture cycles and will be characterized further, can in a certain respect also shed light on the theories and partisan nuances that we see around us today when we allow ourselves to approach the views on health and illness? It has often been emphasized here that Spiritual Science strives for a higher point of view, which makes it possible to bridge what divides people into parties, because they only have certain narrow circles of perception and observation, to show how one thing contradicts another because it is one-sided. We have often shown that spiritual science is there precisely to seek the good in one-sidedness and to create harmony among the various one-sidednesses. One-sidedness — so must say those who do not merely view the matter superficially — is surely what we encounter when this or that dogma is preached with demanding authority by this or that school of medical science. You have all experienced the sum of partisan shades of opinion that oppose each other in relation to these questions. Everyone knows that on the one hand there is what is often referred to today, unfortunately even in a derogatory sense, as conventional medicine with its allopathic approach, and on the other hand there is the approach known as homeopathy. But then there are also broad circles that have found confidence in what is called naturopathy, which often has a different view of illness and health and recommends not only what is relevant to the sick person, but also what is considered right for the healthy person in order to keep them strong and vigorous. Everything is colored by one side or the other, by conventional medicine or by the more naturopathic approach.