The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity: A Modern Philosophy of Life Developed by Scientific MethodsSteiner, Rudolf
Religion
The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity: A Modern Philosophy of Life Developed by Scientific Methods
Steiner, Rudolf
Anthroposophy; Free will and determinism; Knowledge, Theory of; Life
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PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION (1918) XI
THE THEORY OF FREEDOM
I CONSCIOUS HUMAN ACTION 1
II WHY THE DESIRE FOR KNOWLEDGE IS FUNDAMENTAL 14
III THOUGHT AS THE INSTRUMENT OF KNOWLEDGE 24
IV THE WORLD AS PERCEPT 48
V OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD 73
VI HUMAN INDIVIDUALITY 101
VII ARE THERE LIMITS TO KNOWLEDGE? 109
THE REALITY OF FREEDOM
VIII THE FACTORS OF LIFE 137
IX THE IDEA OF FREEDOM 146
X MONISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF SPIRITUAL ACTIVITY 178
XI WORLD-PURPOSE AND LIFE-PURPOSE (THE DESTINY OF MAN) 190
XII MORAL IMAGINATION (DARWIN AND MORALITY) 198
XIII THE VALUE OF LIFE (OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM) 213
XIV THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE GENUS 250
ULTIMATE QUESTIONS
XV THE CONSEQUENCES OF MONISM 259
TRUTH AND SCIENCE
I PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS 277
II THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM OF KANT'S THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE 280
III THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE SINCE KANT 291
IV THE STARTING-POINTS OF THE THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE 304
V KNOWLEDGE AND REALITY 319
VI THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT PRESUPPOSITIONS VERSUS
FICHTE'S THEORY OF SCIENCE 329
VII CONCLUDING REMARKS: EPISTEMOLOGICAL 347
VIII CONCLUDING REMARKS: PRACTICAL 351
APPENDICES
I ADDITION TO REVISED EDITION OF "THE PHILOSOPHY OF
FREEDOM" 1918 357
II REVISED INTRODUCTION TO "THE PHILOSOPHY OF FREEDOM" 368
III PREFACE TO ORIGINAL EDITION OF "TRUTH AND SCIENCE" 374
IV INTRODUCTION TO ORIGINAL EDITION OF "TRUTH AND
SCIENCE" 381
PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION (1918)
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