This work is dedicated to Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian philosopher, architect, educator, and social thinker, one of the greatest representatives of philosophical, scientific, and creative thought of the 20th century. We can find his influence in various fields of human activities, such as philosophy, education, different genres of art, including architecture, sculpture, literature, painting, and dance; esoteric, agriculture and science. His life was extremely short; he died when he was only 64, but his heritage is brilliant and boundless. He published over 350 volumes of books and lectures on variety of themes ranging from philosophy, arts, literature, and pedagogic to medicine and agriculture. His ideas of innovative education developing in Waldorf schools, and biological-dynamic agriculture are spread around the world. He became a pioneer in such completely new areas as therapeutic pedagogy and therapeutic Eurythmy.
The activities of Rudolf Steiner in the philosophical field remind me of a vast ocean, the boundaries of which are invisible to human eye. He devoted his brilliant and profound writings and lectures to various topics. The whole world knows him as a founder of a new philosophical direction, Anthroposophy that becomes a worldwide spiritual movement nowadays. The essence of the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner is the individual’s relationship to the spiritual world. The word Anthroposophy came from the Greek. It consists of two parts, anthropos (human being) and sophia (wisdom). Steiner believed that development of spiritual qualities from the one side, and individual responsibility for one’s actions from the other side, is a task important for everybody. He stated, “We must be able to feel with the destiny of all mankin...
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