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Intuitive Thinking As a Spiritual Path: A Philosophy of Freedom (Classics in Anthroposophy)
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Of all of his works, Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path is the one that Steiner himself believed would have the longest life and the greatest spiritual and cultural consequences. It was written as a phenomenological account of the â€œresults of observing the human soul according to the methods of natural science.

This seminal work asserts that free spiritual activityâ€”understood as the human ability to think and act independently of physical natureâ€”is the suitable path for human beings today to gain true knowledge of themselves and of the universe. This is not merely a philosophical volume, but rather a warm, heart-oriented guide to the practice and experience of living thinking.

Readers will not find abstract philosophy here, but a step-by-step account of how a person may come to experience living, intuitive thinkingâ€”â€œthe conscious experience of a purely spiritual content.â€

During the past hundred years since it was written, many have tried to discover this â€œnew thinkingâ€ that could help us understand the various spiritual, ecological, social, political, and philosophical issues facing us. But only Rudolf Steiner laid out a path that leads from ordinary thinking to the level of pure spiritual activityâ€”intuitive thinkingâ€”in which we become co-creators and co-redeemers of the world.

â€œWhen, with the help of Steinerâ€™s book, we recognize that thinking is an essentially spiritual activity, we discover that it can school us. In that senseâ€”Steinerâ€™s senseâ€”thinking is a spiritual pathâ€ (Gertrude Reif Hughes).

Contents:
- Translatorâ€™s Introduction
- Introduction by Gertrude Reif Hughes
- Preface to the Revised Edition, 1918
- Part 1: Theory: The Knowledge of Freedom
- Conscious Human Action
- The Fundamental Urge for Knowledge
- Thinking in the Service of Understanding the World
- The World as Percept
- Knowing the World
- Human Individuality
- Are There Limits to Cognition?
- Part 2: Practice: The Reality of Freedom
- The Factors of Life
- The Idea of Freedom
- Freedomâ€•Philosophy and Monism
- World Purpose and Life Purpose (Human Destiny)
- Moral Imagination (Darwinism and Ethics)
- The Value of Life (Pessimism and Optimism)
- Individuality and Genus
- Final Questions: The Consequences of Monism
- Appendixes
- Bibliography
- Index
This volume is arguably the most essential of Steinerâ€™s works. The thoughts in this book establish the foundation for all of Anthroposophy.

Other translations: The Philosophy of Freedom and The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity. German edition: Die Philosophie der Freiheit
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Country	USA
Brand	Brand: Anthroposophic Press
Manufacturer	Anthroposophic Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780880103855
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EANs	9780880103855
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Intuitive Thinking As a Spiritual Path: A Philosophy of Freedom (Classics in Anthroposophy)

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