Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path : A Classic Work of Spiritual Philosophy and Human Freedom

Rudolf Steiner

ISBN 10: 1515436608 / ISBN 13: 9781515436607

Published by SMK Books, 2018

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path is Rudolf Steiner's central philosophical work on freedom, consciousness, knowledge, and the spiritual activity of thinking. Written before the formal development of anthroposophy, the book sets out Steiner's argument that human freedom is not merely a social or political condition, but an inner achievement grounded in self-aware thinking. Against both passive materialism and abstract speculation, Steiner presents thinking itself as an active path toward knowledge of the self, the world, and moral life.First published in 1894 as Die Philosophie der Freiheit, the work is also known in English as The Philosophy of Freedom. SteinerBooks describes it as a phenomenological account of observing the human soul according to methods of natural science, and as a foundational text for anthroposophy. Its importance lies in the bridge it builds between philosophy and spiritual practice: perception, concept, intuition, will, ethical individualism, and free spiritual activity are treated not as isolated doctrines, but as stages in a disciplined inquiry into how human beings know and act.For readers of Rudolf Steiner, anthroposophy, Western esotericism, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, and spiritual approaches to self-knowledge, Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path remains one of Steiner's indispensable works: difficult, original, and central to understanding his later writings on education, spirituality, science, and human freedom.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path : A Classic Work of Spiritual Philosophy and Human Freedom
• Publisher: SMK Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1515436608
• ISBN 13: 9781515436607
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 12D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 12 millimeters depth
• Weight: 359 grams

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Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path is Rudolf Steiner's most important work. In it he explains the two aspects of free will: freedom of thought and freedom of action. This landmark book explores free will from a completely fresh and unique perspective.If an idea is to become action, man must first want it, before it can happen. Such an act of will therefore has its grounds only in man himself. Man is then the ultimate determinant of his action. He is free. -Rudolf Steiner