GA 166

Necessity and Freedom in World Events and in Human Action

Notwendigkeit und Freiheit im Weltengeschehen und im menschlichen Handeln

Five lectures, Berlin 25 to 8 February 1916 (Cycle 41)

Contents (selection)

Necessity and Freedom in Relation to Past and Future / The Prague Clock. The Law of Cause and Effect in the Physical World. Necessity and Freedom in Human Actions / The Influence of Spiritual Forces on Continuous Events / Confluence of Romanism and Germanism. Spinoza. Punishment and consciousness / The desolation of the experience of the world and the weakening of the powers of the will.

Literature

German

• Rudolf Steiner: Notwendigkeit und Freiheit im Weltengeschehen und im menschlichen Handeln, GA 166 (1982), ISBN 3-7274-1660-2 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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