A Modern Philosophy of Life Developed by Scientific Methods, Being an Enlarged and Revised Edition of "The Philosophy of Freedom, " together with the Original Thesis on "Truth and Science." First Published 1916, Second Edition, revised and enlarged 1922. Steiner (1861-1925) was an Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect and esotericist who initially gained recognition at the end of the 19th century as a literary critic and for publishing philosophical works including "The Philosophy of Freedom". Early in the 20th century he founded an esoteric spiritual movement, anthroposophy, which had its roots in German idealist philosophy and theosophy.