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The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity

The Basic Features of a Modern World View
Results of Soul Observation Arrived at by the Scientific Method

By Rudolf Steiner

GA 4

This volume is a translation of Die Philosophie der Freiheit. The German volume is number four in the Collected Edition of Rudolf Steiner's works. It was translated by William Lindeman.

The cover Graphic Form is by Rudolf Steiner (originally as a study for the book Truth and Science). Layout and lettering by Peter Stebbing.

It is presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland.

Copyright © 1986
This e.Text edition is provided with the cooperation of:
The Anthroposophic Press
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Thanks to an anonymous donation, this book has been made available.

CONTENTS

 Cover Sheet  
Contents  
Author's Preface to the Revised Edition, 1918  

Science of Spiritual Activity (Freiheit)

Chapter I: Conscious Human Action  
Chapter II: The Fundamental Desire for Knowledge  
Chapter III: Thinking in the Service of Apprehending the World  
Chapter IV: The World as Perception  
Chapter V: The Activity of Knowing the World  
Chapter VI: The Human Individuality  
Chapter VII: Are There Limits to Knowing?  

The Reality of Spiritual Activity (Freiheit)

Chapter VIII: The Factors of Life  
Chapter IX: The Idea of Spiritual Activity  
Chapter X: Philosophy of Spiritual Activity and Monism  
Chapter XI: World Purpose and Life Purpose  
Chapter XII: Moral Imagination  
Chapter XIII: The Value of Life  
Chapter XIV: Individuality and Genus  

Final Questions

Chapter XV: The Consequences of Monism  

First Appendix  
Second Appendix  
Translator's Appendix  




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