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Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Steiner was a philosopher and social reformer born in Austria in 1861.
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He obtained a PhD from the University of Rostock and was a well-known thinker, speaker and author. Living at a time of great social upheaval and conflict his work aimed to create the conditions for a more cohesive and less fragmented society.
Anthroposophy
A belief in spiritualism and an afterlife was a popular concept in late 19th and early 20th century Europe when society was less secular that today.
It provided hope that there was more to existence than the hard material life that most people were experiencing and provided an alternative to organised religion. Steiner's work was based on the notion of a spiritual dimension in oneself, others and the world that can be developed through working on creating higher states of spiritual knowledge.
That by re-gaining this knowledge it would help people find solutions to the problems faced by the modern world.
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