The Philosophy of FreedomIntuitive Thinking As A Spiritual Path, Lipson translation copyright © Anthroposophic Press, 1995. Buy book at SteinerBooks [1] Audio by Dale Brunsvold |
CONTENTS
Translator’s Introduction [1] vii
Introduction by Gertrude Reif Hughes [1] xiii
Preface to the Revised Edition, 1918 [1]
PART I : THEORY
The Knowledge of Freedom
1. Conscious Human Action [1] 5
2. The Fundamental Urge for Knowledge [1] 18
3. Thinking in the Service of Understanding
the World [1] 27
4. The World as Percept [1] 49
5. Knowing the World [1] 73
6. Human Individuality [1] 97
7. Are There Limits to Cognition? [1] 104
PART II : PRACTICE
The Reality of Freedom
8. The Factors of Life [1] 127
9. The Idea of Freedom [1] 135
10. Freedom-Philosophy and Monism [1] 163
11. World Purpose and Life Purpose
(Human Destiny) [1] 173
12. Moral Imagination
(Darwinism and Ethics) [1] 180
13. The Value of Life
(Pessimism and Optimism) [1]194
14. Individuality and Genus [1] 225
FINAL QUESTIONS
The Consequences of Monism [1] 231
Appendix 1 & Appendix 2 (1918) [1]
Bibliography 259
Index 263
The Philosophy of Freedom