Rudolf Steiner

Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (27 (25?) February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian philosopher, author, social reformer, architect, and esotericist. Steiner gained initial recognition at the end of the nineteenth century as a literary critic and published philosophical works including The Philosophy of Freedom. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he founded an esoteric spiritual movement, anthroposophy, with roots in German idealist philosophy and theosophy; other influences include Goethean science and Rosicrucianism.

In the first, more philosophically oriented phase of this movement, Steiner attempted to find a synthesis between science and spirituality; his philosophical work of these years, which he termed spiritual science, sought to apply the clarity of thinking characteristic of Western philosophy to spiritual questions, differentiating this approach from what he considered to be vaguer approaches to mysticism. In a second phase, beginning around 1907, he began working collaboratively in a variety of artistic media, including drama, the movement arts (developing a new artistic form, eurythmy) and architecture, culminating in the building of the Goetheanum, a cultural centre to house all the arts. In the third phase of his work, beginning after World War I, Steiner worked to establish various practical endeavors, including Waldorf education, biodynamic agriculture, and anthroposophical medicine.

Schwarz Stein

Schwarz Stein is a Japanese visual kei electronic music duo formed by Hora (洞) and Kaya (迦夜) in 2001 (as "Rudolf Steiner"), who disbanded in 2004 and regrouped in 2014.

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During its first three years of activity, the group consisted of Kaya on vocals (ex-Isola) and Hora (ex-Velvet Eden) as keyboardist and programmer. The two originally worked together under the alias Rudolf Steiner until their signing to ex-Malice Mizer guitarist Mana's record label Midi:Nette. Upon their 're-formation', Mana discarded the name Rudolf Steiner and christened the duo "Schwarz Stein" (pseudo-German for "Black Stone").

Prior to their name change, two demo tapes (Queen of Decadence and Perfect Garden) had been released. A re-worked version of Perfect Garden was later created as their Midi:Nette debut single. Schwarz Stein went on to release their first full album New Vogue Children in June 2003, the single Current in November of the same year, and then their final album Artificial Hallucination in February 2004. They opened for Moi dix Mois on several occasions, played at various events, and also made a number solo appearances as well.

Rudolf Steiner (footballer)

Rudolf Steiner (born April 7, 1937) is a retired German football player. He spent 6 seasons in the Bundesliga with TSV 1860 München. He represented Germany once in a friendly against Scotland.

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Rudolf Steiner (film director)

Rudolf Steiner, b. 1942, is a German film director, scriptwriter and producer.

Steiner studied at the Film & Television Academy (HFF) "Konrad Wolf" in Potsdam-Babelsberg. From 1971 to 1973 he worked as a cameraman for Sender Freies Berlin (SFB).

As a producer he realized among other films Conversation with the Beast (director: Armin Mueller-Stahl).

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Rudolf Steiner (disambiguation)

Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) was an Austrian philosopher and polymath.

Rudolf Steiner may also refer to:

Rudolf Steiner (athlete)

Rudolf Steiner (born January 16, 1951) is a retired track and field athlete from Switzerland, who competed in the men's javelin throw event during his career. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he didn't reach the final after throwing 76.02 metres in the qualification round.

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