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The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity

APPENDIX III PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF "TRUTH AND SCIENCE"

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he aim of the present essay. It would indeed be criminal to try and minimise the debt which the development of Germa

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The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity
The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity
“There are two fundamental problems in the life of the human mind, to one or other of which everything belongs that is to be discussed in this book. One of these problems concerns the possibility of attaining to such a view of the essential nature of man as will serve as a support for whatever else comes into his life by way of experience or of science, and yet is subject to the suspicion of having no support in itself and of being liable to be driven, by doubt and criticism, into the limbo of uncertainties.”
1 PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION (1918)2 THE THEORY OF FREEDOM I CONSCIOUS HUMAN ACTION3 II WHY THE DESIRE FOR KNOWLEDGE IS FUNDAMENTAL4 III THOUGHT AS THE INSTRUMENT OF KNOWLEDGE5 IV THE WORLD AS PERCEPT6 V OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD7 VI HUMAN INDIVIDUALITY8 VII ARE THERE ANY LIMITS TO KNOWLEDGE9 THE REALITY OF FREEDOM VIII THE FACTORS OF LIFE10 IX THE IDEA OF FREEDOM11 X MONISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF SPIRITUAL ACTIVITY12 XI WORLD-PURPOSE AND LIFE-PURPOSE (The Destiny of Man)13 XII MORAL IMAGINATION (Darwin and Morality)14 XIII THE VALUE OF LIFE (Optimism and Pessimism)15 XIV THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE GENUS16 ULTIMATE QUESTIONS XV THE CONSEQUENCES OF MONISM17 TRUTH AND SCIENCE I PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS18 II THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM OF KANT'S THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE19 III THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE SINCE KANT20 IV THE STARTING-POINTS OF THE THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE21 V KNOWLEDGE AND REALITY22 VI THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT PRESUPPOSITIONS VERSUS FICHTE'S THEORY OF SCIENCE23 VII CONCLUDING REMARKS EPISTEMOLOGICAL24 VIII CONCLUDING REMARKS PRACTICAL25 APPENDICES APPENDIX I ADDITION TO THE REVISED EDITION OF "THE PHILOSOPHY OF FREEDOM," 191826 APPENDIX II REVISED INTRODUCTION TO "PHILOSOPHY OF FREEDOM."27 APPENDIX III PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF "TRUTH AND SCIENCE"28 APPENDIX IV INTRODUCTION TO ORIGINAL EDITION OF "TRUTH AND SCIENCE"