This book covers Rudolf Steiner's biography presented from an educational point of view and
also unfolds the different aspects of Steiner's educational thought in Waldorf Education. His
point of view is unique in that it relates education to a wide horizon of different contexts
such as social pedagogical evolutionary and spiritual aspects. His ideas are philosophical
(ethical epistemological ontological). However above all they are based on spiritual
understanding of the human being and the world. In many ways they stand in stark contrast to
the views that inform present mainstream educational thought and practice. Nevertheless there
are points where Steiner's ideas can find a resonance in more recent educational thought.
Steiner was in many ways ahead of his time and his educational ideas are still relevant to many
present day educational issues and problems.
