RUDOLF
STEINER,
philosopher, scientist and educator, (1861–1925),
has achieved world-wide fame as the originator of the Science
of the Spirit known as Anthroposophy, and as a pioneer of
genius in many fields of learning.
Today his educational methods are practised
in numerous co-educational schools throughout the world. In
special homes and villages for maladjusted and handicapped
children and adults his ideas are applied in the service of
those in need of special care. In architecture, the organic
style of building which he created for the first and second
Goetheanum, the Headquarters of the Anthroposophical Society
at Dornach, Switzerland is outstanding in contemporary architecture
for its originality. His insight into problems of illness have
led to the development of hospitals and centres of medical
research dedicated to forwarding the principles of healing he
set forth. In agriculture his biodynamic system has helped many
farmers throughout the world to improve their crops and
livestock. Science, art, philosophy and religion have equally
profited from his discoveries. And as time goes on, the
reputation of this truly remarkable personality continues to
grow and to exert an ever increasing influence on our
century.