“THE Austrian thinker, Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), needs little introduction and his books are still revered by millions of people around the world. The Philosophy of Freedom is arguably Steiner’s greatest work, exploring knowledge and perception in the context of a radical framework of ideas that breaks rank with those of Kant and Fichte. The “free spirit,” Steiner declares, is the final stage of human development and whilst he concedes that shaping one’s conduct in accordance with morality when it is imposed from without is often part of that same development we should not regard it as the “absolute standpoint” of morality itself. Becoming a free spirit therefore means transcending all social, political, economic and religious norms. In part, Steiner’s views on what he describes as “Ethical Individualism” were influenced by philosophers such as Max Stirner and Friedrich Nietzsche, whilst Steiner himself would later inspire Ernst Jünger’s own belief in personal freedom. As Troy Southgate’s new book explains, the free spirit – alive and unfettered – is for Steiner a personality that is “grounded upon itself” to the extent that one is completely autonomous.”

THE SPIRIT UNBOUND: RUDOLF STEINER’S PHILOSOPHY OF FREEDOM by Troy Southgate is now available to pre-order. The book is 170 pages in length and costs just 22 EUROS with free postage to anywhere in the world. Our PayPal address is blackfrontpress@yahoo.co.uk and you can find more details below. Cover designed by Francisco Albanese Pastene