Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (27 (or 25) February 1861[1] – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, esotericist,[7][8] and claimed clairvoyant. Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner was an Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant. Steiner gained initial recognition at the end of the nineteenth century as a literary critic and published philosophical works including The Philosophy of Freedom.