I. The Goal of Knowledge 1 This chapter was moved to 'Appendix II' by Rudolf Steiner for the second edition of 1918 in a slightly revised form.

No better expression for these phenomena can be found than this, that they result from the individual's striving towards freedom, developed to its highest pitch. We do not want to be dependent in any respect, and where dependence must be, we tolerate it only on condition that it coincides with a vital interest of our individuality.