Evening star., 1925-12-03
NOBLE CONDUCTS
. WISDOM SCHOOL
Count KeyserIIng's Annual
PhlIoSophiC Conference
Brings Motley Group.
BN EDGAR iNSEL MOWRER.

Cnrrespondence Of The star ana the Chicas q
DAILY News.
pARMSTADT, Germany. October
IN, Recently ! attended the annual
congress of Count Hermann kevser.
inns school Of Wisdom keySerling
IL t'alttc noble the descendant OF a
FAMILY "f German ariStncratS long set
tled in what are now the new Baltic
states. hut counting until the war as
Russians. He describes, himself as
German in mind. Russian i'll soul. ="
1te remained in England ANA France
during the World War. engaged in
writing what is still his best work.
The Travel Diary Of a Philosopher. z"
Count keNserlinG iS'NtIN conscious
end proud Of his noble birth. But he
ts even more conscious and prouder
NJ being a philosopher, for to him Il
philosopher "a ge-is the highest
type the earth has produced.
Avoids Illusions of Day.
kevserlinc's ideas are adequately. if
somewhat worldly. explained in the
Travel Diary and in a later work.
'S"hoepferiSche F,rkeuuIniS treatiNe
ferceptionl. An Introduction 10 the
School Of Wisdom" Like a true phi
losopher. the count falls into none Of
the IA shionable illusions OF the time.
popularity. but disciples To keep the
fame alight. Therefore he is eclectic.
He seems 10 have read everything. To
have understood everything. Out Of
II all with somet hing of himself added.
he has compounded an attractive way
Of looking at the world. This he calls
wisdom.
The following attempt to reduce
wisdom to a paragraph or two ls es-
IL. IL l..4
offered to those unfamiliar with the
wisdom itself as, roughly. the counts
Views:
Hermann keyserling believes that
since Socrates. but excepting the mid
die ages. civiliZa tiOn has been on the
wrong track. 1t has substituted col
1ective and individual capacity for he
ing. People count, not by what they
can do in the way of suhjueating their
fellows or the external world, but by
what they are. Therefore some form
Of aristocraCy is a world necessity.
Old Aristocracy Failure.
keySerlinG admits that the old he
reditary ariStOcracy was largely fail
ure To-day the world tendency to-
ward equality and democracy is pro
ducinE its exact opposite. doubtless the
"a Scist epidemic. BolsheNism. too. is
aristocratic. Its errors are that it esti-
mates huma nature too highly in be-
lieving that the possessive instinct can
he done away with, and that ii is anti
Christ. Despite the high ideals OF
leaders who sincerely wish to further
human happiness. il has rejected the
deepest and highest i'll human nature
for the benefit Of pure son. and
hence amputated mems souls.
The human intellect. according Ia
the count, is Incapable OF dealing with
ultimate problems. but men possess
other valid faculties that can be de-
veloped Intuition. perception and
which alone can lead to wisdom.
According to keyserlins, the trou-
hle with the world is that outward
turned individuals have become eman-
cipa ted before achieving any sense for
inward harmony among themselves
and with their environment. The
problem Of each is To find his particu-
lar hest; through these individual
harmonies a new world harmony can
exist. This dE maniS a social order
which today has ceased to be. The
old order was better than the present
chaos. but it cannot he restored. The
new order must he founded ON free
dom
Study Higher Meanings.
Therefore the school uf Wisdom ac-
cepts a certain number OF qualified
pupils and through q special training
develops their intuitlVe sense for the
higher meaning Of things and hay
ing aided each OF them To unfold and
achieve his particular harmony. sends
them forth. individual and different
hut All imbued with a common under
standing through which they shall