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Rudolf Steiner was born in 1861 in Kraljevic (then Austro-Hungarian Empire, today Croatia). The son of an Austrian stationmaster, he already at the age of seven associated perceptions and visions of ultra-mundane realities with the common principle of reality: "I distinguished beings and things 'which are seen' and beings and things 'which are not seen'.
In 1879, Steiner began his studies in mathematics and science at the University of Vienna, also taking courses in literature, philosophy and history, focusing among other things on Goethe studies. In Weimar in 1890, he became a collaborator of the Goethe and Schiller Archive (he edited the edition of Goethe's scientific writings promoted by this institution). In the same year, Nietzsche's sister suggested that Steiner take charge of the reorganisation of the archive and his brother's unpublished writings.
In 1891, he graduated in philosophy with a thesis on themes of gnoseology, which was published in his first book 'Truth and Science' in 1892. In 1894, he published another famous paper, 'Philosophy of Freedom'.
The mighty legacy of innovative knowledge and initiatives that Steiner has left us has produced a vast series of initiatives in the various fields of human endeavour around the world, including biodynamic agriculture, anthroposophical medicine, eurythmy, the art of speech, Steinerian pedagogy (Waldorf schools) and living architecture. The activities of the Free University of Spiritual Science, artistic and theatrical activities, conferences, meetings and concerts take place in the Goetheanum.
