The First and Last Freedom
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First edition
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Author | Jiddu Krishnamurti |
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Country | United States (Published simultaneously in the United Kingdom)[1] |
Language | English |
Subject | Philosophy |
Publisher | Harper & Brothers |
Publication date
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1954 |
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Pages | 288 pp (first edition) |
OCLC | 964457 |
The First and Last Freedom is a book by Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986), originally published 1954.
Contents
About the work
This was the second of Krishnamurti's books to be published by mainstream commercial publishers. The foreword[2] was written by Aldous Huxley, who was a longtime friend of Krishnamurti.[3]
Contents
The first part of the book has 21 chapters:
- Introduction
- What are we seeking?
- Individual and Society
- Self-Knowledge
- Action and Idea
- Belief
- Effort
- Contradiction
- What is the Self?
- Fear
- Simplicity
- Awareness
- Desire
- Relationship and Isolation
- The Thinker and the Thought
- Can Thinking solve our problems?
- The Function of the Mind
- Self-Deception
- Self-centered Activity
- Time and Transformation
- Power and Realization
The second part of the book has questions and answers from his talks.
Select editions
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Reviews
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See also
References
- ↑ 1st UK edition.
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