The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity
- Subtitle
- A Modern Philosophy of Life Developed by Scientific Methods
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1. Front matter2. EDITOR’S NOTE3. EDITOR’S NOTE TO SECOND EDITION4. PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION (1918)5. I CONSCIOUS HUMAN ACTION6. II WHY THE DESIRE FOR KNOWLEDGE IS FUNDAMENTAL7. III THOUGHT AS THE INSTRUMENT OF KNOWLEDGE8. IV THE WORLD AS PERCEPT9. V OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD10. VI HUMAN INDIVIDUALITY11. VII ARE THERE ANY LIMITS TO KNOWLEDGE?12. VIII THE FACTORS OF LIFE13. IX THE IDEA OF FREEDOM14. X MONISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF SPIRITUAL ACTIVITY15. XI WORLD-PURPOSE AND LIFE-PURPOSE (The Destiny of Man)16. XII MORAL IMAGINATION (Darwin and Morality)17. XIII THE VALUE OF LIFE (Optimism and Pessimism)18. XIV THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE GENUS19. XV THE CONSEQUENCES OF MONISM20. TRUTH AND SCIENCE121. I PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS22. II THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM OF KANT’S THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE23. III THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE SINCE KANT24. IV THE STARTING-POINTS OF THE THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE25. V KNOWLEDGE AND REALITY26. VI THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT PRESUPPOSITIONS VERSUS FICHTE’S THEORY OF SCIENCE27. VII CONCLUDING REMARKS: EPISTEMOLOGICAL28. VIII CONCLUDING REMARKS: PRACTICAL29. ADDITION TO THE REVISED EDITION OF “THE PHILOSOPHY OF FREEDOM,” 1918.30. REVISED INTRODUCTION TO “PHILOSOPHY OF FREEDOM.”31. PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF “TRUTH AND SCIENCE”32. Colophon