Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Steiner (27 February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian founder of anthroposophy, esotericist and social reformer. His important work was The Philosophy of Freedom. Under his leadership, Goetheanum was built.
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| Born | Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner 27 February 1861[1] |
| Died | 30 March 1925 (aged 64) Dornach, Switzerland |
| Education | Vienna Institute of Technology University of Rostock (PhD, 1891) |
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| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Monism Holism in science Goethean science Anthroposophy |
| Academic advisors | Karl Julius Schröer[2] |
Main interests | Metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of science, esotericism, Christianity |
Notable ideas | Anthroposophy, anthroposophical medicine, biodynamic agriculture, eurythmy, social threefolding, spiritual science, Waldorf education, holism in science |
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Steiner created his own unique approach to education. It is called Waldorf Education. Waldorf Education uses drawing, acting, and storytelling to help teach the students.
Biography
Rudolph Steiner was born in Kraljevec, Austria in 1861. Steiner studied at the Vienna Technical College, where he educated himself in the philosophies of Goethe and Nietzche.[7]
Rudolf Steiner Media
The house where Rudolf Steiner was born, in present-day Croatia
Rudolf Steiner, graduation photo from secondary school
Rudolf Steiner as 21-year-old student (1882)
Rudolf Steiner around 1891–92, etching by Otto Fröhlich
Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) osztrák polihisztor, filozófus, író, dramaturg, tanár, a spirituális mozgalom, az antropozófia megalkotója
Rudolf Steiner in Munich with Annie Besant, leader of the Theosophical Society. Photo from 1907
Bildbeschreibung: Marie von Sivers
Steiner's gravestone at the Goetheanum
The Waldorf school in Verrières-le-Buisson (France)
English sculptor Edith Maryon belonged to the innermost circle of founders of anthroposophy and was appointed to head the Section of Sculptural Arts at the Goetheanum.
References
- ↑ Steiner's autobiography gives his date of birth as 27 February 1861. However, there is an undated autobiographical fragment written by Steiner, referred to in a footnote in his autobiography in German (GA 28), that says, "My birth fell on 25 February 1861. Two days later I was baptized." See Christoph Lindenberg, Rudolf Steiner, Rowohlt 1992, ISBN 3-499-50500-2, p. 8. In 2009 new documentation appeared supporting a date of 27 February : see Günter Aschoff, "Rudolf Steiners Geburtstag am 27. Februar 1861 – Neue Dokumente" Archived 28 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Das Goetheanum 2009/9, pp. 3ff
- ↑ Peter Selg (2014), Rudolf Steiner, Life and Work: Volume 1 (1861-1890): Childhood, Youth, and Study Years, SteinerBooks. ISBN 978-1-62148-084-6. Chapter 2
- ↑ Carlson, Maria (2015). No Religion Higher Than Truth: A History of the Theosophical Movement in Russia, 1875–1922. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-69160781-8.
- ↑ Helmut Zander, Anthroposophie in Deutschland, Göttingen, 2007, ISBN 3-525-55452-4.
- ↑ Preparata, Guido Giacomo (Fall 2006), "Perishable Money in a Threefold Commonwealth: Rudolf Steiner and the Social Economics of an Anarchist Utopia", Review of Radical Economics, 38 (4): 619–48, doi:10.1177/0486613406293226, S2CID 145257311.
- ↑ Paddock & Spiegler 2005
- ↑ "Rudolf Steiner - Great Buildings Online". Retrieved 2 July 2021.