The Riddles of Philosophy,

Die Raetsel der Philosophie in ihrer Geschichte als Umriss dargestellt,
Skizzenhaft dargestellter Ausblick auf eine Anthroposophie.

Rudolf Steiner
(Written in Dornach 1914; GA 18 / Bn 18 / CW 18)

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The full title of this book is, The Riddles of Philosophy Presented in an Outline of Its History. It is not a “history of philosophy,” although the approach is historical. It is a review of historical and present-day world conceptions. Originally, this work appeared in two volumes in the German language. The first English edition appeared in 1973 and is bound as one volume.

Together with Truth and Science and The Philosophy of Freedom, it could be considered as one third of a philosophical trilogy.

Chapter titles are:
    PART ONE
        
   Guiding Thoughts on the Method of Presentation
   The World Conception of the Greek Thinkers
   Thought Life from the Beginning of the Christian Era to
        John Scotus Erigena
   The World Conceptions of the Middle Ages
   The World Conceptions of the Modern Age of Thought Evolution
   The Age of Kant and Goethe
   The Classics of World and Life Conceptions
   Reactionary World Conceptions
   The Radical World Conceptions
        
   PART TWO
        
   The Struggle Over the Spirit
   Darwinism and World Conception
   The World as Illusion
   Echoes of the Kantian Mode of Conception
   World Conceptions of Scientific Factuality
   Modern Idealistic World Conceptions
   Modern Man and His World Conceptions
   A Brief Outline of an Approach to Anthroposophy

Known Publications:

• Die Raetsel der Philosophie in ihrer Geschichte als Umriss dargestellt, German language editions: 1901, 1914, 1918, 19??, 1924, 1926, 1955, 1968, 1985 ISBN 3-7274-0180-X,
• The Riddles of Philosophy, Anthroposophic Press, Spring Valley, New York, 1973, 468 pp. plus an index of names, translated from the German by Fritz C. A. Koelln