Dr. Steiner’s Ph. D. Thesis on “Truth and Science,” originally published as a prelude to The Philosophy of Freedom, has, with his consent, been translated for this edition and been added at the end of this volume.

H. C.

March 1921.

CONTENTS

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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]