
This section give you all the study tools to work with the Philosophy of Freedom.
This section on Steiner pure thinking meditation has article about George O'Neil. Read it through if you are interested in the basics of the meditation. George was the guy who figured out Steiner's style of thinking and writing.
Chapter I, Conscious Human Action: Steiner poses the question as to whether we are capable of free will in our thinking and action. He gives an overview of the counter arguments from Spinoza to Paul Ree. Great opening chapter.
Chapter two focuses on why we are motivated to unify our selves with the world. Included are the main philosophical attempt of monism and dualism such as materialism, spiritualism and Goethe's approach to nature.
Chapter three introduces thinking and its too often forgotten role in our mental life. Steiner makes it easy to grasp and shows that all in terms of understanding our selves we need to understand what thinking is.
Chapter four talks about concepts, objects, mental pictures, and many theories about the subjectivity of knowledge. New word of the day: "percept" which means any object of our senses.
This course covers Rudolf Steiner's most important book, The Philosophy of Freedom. I will explain the main points and difficult passages of each chapter so that the reader can have an easy time comprehending the content without much toil.
The Philosophy of Freedom is a great introduction to Western Philosophy as it addresses essential philosophical ideas such as thinking, feeling, willing, concept/ideas, motives of action, monism, dualism, individuality, evolution, pessimism, optimism, materialism, spiritualism, thing-in-itself, freedom in action and thinking, and human goals and purposes. After you read this great introduction to philosophy, you will have an advantage in talking about psychology, philosophy, and even theology. Steiner brings into his argument many famous names of philosophy such Spinoza, Kant, Hartmann, and Fichte. Preview
Teachers in Waldorf education, and even public school teachers, can use many of the ideas covered in the course in their high school classrooms. This book is also a good foundation for Rudolf Steiner's other books and ideas.