Truth and Knowledge: Introduction to the Philosophy of Spiritual Activity (CW 3)

This work, essentially Rudolf Steiner’s doctoral dissertation, subtitled “Introduction to the Philosophy of Freedom,” is just that―an essential work in the foundations of spiritual science. In it, the epistemological foundations of spiritual knowledge are clearly and logically presented.

Originally published with The Philosophy of Freedom in a single volume, this work is fundamental to an understanding of that work (currently published as Intuitive Thinking As a Spiritual Path) and to a more complete comprehension of the philosophical basis of Steiner’s spiritual science.

CONTENTS:

• Preliminary Remarks
• Kant’s Basic Epistemological Question
• Epistemology since Kant
• The Starting Point of Epistemology
• Cognition and Reality
• Epistemology Free of Assumptions and Fichte’s Science of Knowedge
• Epistemological Conclusion
• Practical Conclusion

This book is essential reading for all serious students of Anthroposophy.

• The Riddles of Philosophy: Presented in an Outline of Its History
• The Secret Teachers of the Western World
• Soul Exercises: Word and Symbol Meditations (CW 267) (The Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner)
• Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism
• The First Class Lessons and Mantras: The Michael School Meditative Path in Nineteen Steps
• Goethe's Theory of Knowledge: An Outline of the Epistemology of His Worldview (CW 2) (The Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner)
• Isis Mary Sophia: Her Mission and Ours
• The Electronic Doppelgänger: The Mystery of the Double in the Age of the Internet
• Our Spiritual Companions : From Angels and Archangels to Cherubim and Seraphim