Necessity and Freedom

The five lectures in this book are published in German under the title Notwendigkeit und Freiheit im Weltengeschehen und im menschlichen Handeln (Vol. 166 in the Bibliographic Survey).

Published in the United States of America by Anthroposophic Press, Bell's Pond, Star Route, Hudson, N. Y. 12534.

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© Copyright 1988 by Anthroposophic Press, Inc.

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Steiner, Rudolf, 1861-1925.

[Notwendigkeit und Freiheit im Weltengeschehen und im menschlichen Handeln. English]

Necessity and freedom : five lectures given in Berlin between January 25 and February 8, 1916 / Rudolf Steiner ; translated by Pauline Wehrle.

Translation of: Notwendigkeit und Freiheit im Weltengeschehen und im menschlichen Handeln.

1. Anthroposophy. 2. Free will and determinism. I. Title. BP595.S894N6713 1988

123 — dcl9 88-9676 CIP

ISBN 0-88010-259-4 cloth Anthroposophic Press 0-88010-260-8 pbk.

85440-315-9 cloth Rudolf Steiner Press 85440-325-6 pbk.

Cover: Graphic form by Rudolf Steiner, 1921 Title lettering by Peter Stebbing

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