The Rudolf Steiner Archive

This is the sixth edition published in 1949 based on the original authorized translation by Prof. and Mrs. R. F. Alfred Hoernlé. Revised and amended by Hermann Poppelbaum, Phil.D.

• Editor's Preface to the 4th Edition, 1939
• Preface to the Revised Translation, 1939
• Preface to the Revised Edition, 1918

The Knowledge of Freedom

1. Conscious Human Action
2. The Desire for Knowledge
3. Thinking as the Instrument of Knowledge
4. The World as Percept
5. The Act of Knowing (Cognizing) the World
6. Human Individuality
7. Are There Limits to Knowledge?

The Reality of Freedom

8. The Factors of Life
9. The Idea of Freedom
10. Monism and the Philosphy of Spiritual Activity
11. World Purpose and Life Purpose
12. Moral Imagination
13. The Value of Life
14. Individuality and Species

Ultimate Questions

15. The Consequences of Monism

• Addition to the Revised Edition of 1918
• Revised Introduction to the Edition of 1894