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The Philosophy of Freedom

The Basis for a Modern World Conception

By Rudolf Steiner

GA 4

Some results of introspective observation following the methods of Natural Science.

English translations of this book from 1922 to 1963 were published with the title The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity. This is the seventh English edition, translated from the German, and with an Introduction by Michael Wilson.

This translation, based on the 12th German edition, 1962, is presented here by permission of Rudolf Steiner-Nachlassvierwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland.

Copyright © 1964
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CONTENTS

 Cover Sheet  
Contents  
Introduction by Michael Wilson  
Author's Prefaces: Preface to the revised edition of 1918  
Author's Prefaces: Preface to the first edition, 1894; revised, 1918  

KNOWLEDGE OF FREEDOM

Chapter OneConscious Human Action  
Chapter TwoThe Fundamental Desire for Knowledge  
Chapter ThreeThinking in the service of Knowledge  
Chapter FourThe World as Percept  
Chapter FiveThe Act of Knowing the World  
Chapter SixHuman Individuality  
Chapter SevenAre There Limits to Knowledge?  

THE REALITY OF FREEDOM

Chapter EightThe Factors of Life  
Chapter NineThe Idea of Freedom  
Chapter TenFreedom — Philosophy and Monism  
Chapter ElevenWorld Purpose and Life Purpose  
Chapter TwelveMoral Imagination  
Chapter ThirteenThe Value of Life  
Chapter FourteenIndividuality and Genus  

ULTIMATE QUESTIONS

The Consequences of Monism  
Appendix Added to the new edition, 1918  
Translator's Note  


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