華德福學校的教育理念主要奠基於斯泰納的人智學思想，以培養個體在身體、心靈和精神三個不同層次的全面發展。在國內華德福教育逐歩蓬勃發展之際，卻少有人探究斯泰納思想之本源為何，本文目的即企圖由其生平和思想淵源之引介來發掘斯泰納思想之源初。且發現其人智學思想深受康德的批判哲學、歌德的自然科學、席勒的審美教育理論、尼采的生命哲學、胡塞爾的現象學和基督與輪迴思想等影響，並交互影響到華德福學校中制度之設立。

The educational idea of Waldorf School is based on Anthroposophy from Rudolf Steiner which advances Body, Soul, Spirit for individual. When Waldorf School had proposed this educational idea in Taiwan for long time, we still lack understand of the original thought of Rudolf Steiner. This research was concerned in his life and the developmental background to find the foundation of his Anthroposophy was affected by Kant, Goethe, Schiller, Nietzsche, Husserl, Christ, transmigration and also influenced the system of Walforf School.