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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

VIII THE FACTORS OF LIFE 137
IX THE IDEA OF FREEDOM 146
X MONISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF SPIRITUAL ACTIVITY 178
XI WORLD-PURPOSE AND LIFE-PURPOSE (THE DESTINY OF MAN) 190
XII MORAL IMAGINATION (DARWIN AND MORALITY) 198
XIII THE VALUE OF LIFE (OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM) 213
XIV THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE GENUS 250

ULTIMATE QUESTIONS

XV THE CONSEQUENCES OF MONISM 259

TRUTH AND SCIENCE

I PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS 277
II THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM OF KANT’S THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE 280
III THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE SINCE KANT 291
IV THE STARTING-POINTS OF THE THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE 304
V KNOWLEDGE AND REALITY 319
VI THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT PRESUPPOSITIONS VERSUS FICHTE’S THEORY OF SCIENCE 329
VII CONCLUDING REMARKS: EPISTEMOLOGICAL 347
VIII CONCLUDING REMARKS: PRACTICAL 351

APPENDICES

I ADDITION TO REVISED EDITION OF “THE PHILOSOPHY OF FREEDOM” 1918 357
II REVISED INTRODUCTION TO “THE PHILOSOPHY OF FREEDOM” 368
III PREFACE TO ORIGINAL EDITION OF “TRUTH AND SCIENCE” 374
IV INTRODUCTION TO ORIGINAL EDITION OF “TRUTH AND SCIENCE” 381
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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