Contents
Bibliographical Note
Foreword
Introduction: Rudolf Steiner as a Philosopher
THE PHILOSOPHY OF SPIRITUAL ACTIVITY
Author’s Preface to the Revised Edition
The Knowledge of Freedom
The Conscious Human Deed
The Fundamental Urge for Knowledge
Thinking in the Service of Understanding the World
The World as Perception
The Act of Knowing the World
The Human Individuality
Are There Limits to Knowledge?
The Reality of Freedom
The Factors of Life
The Idea of Freedom
Philosophy of Freedom and Monism
World Purpose and Life Purpose (The Destination of Man)
Moral Imagination (Darwinism and Morality)
The Value of Life (Pessimism and Optimism)
Individuality and Species
Ultimate Questions
The Consequences of Monism
Addition to the Revised Edition of 1918
Revised Introduction to the Edition of 1894
Title Page, Original Edition – 1894