The First and Last Freedom
 First edition | |
| Author | Jiddu Krishnamurti |
|---|---|
| Country | United States (Published simultaneously in the United Kingdom)[1] |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Philosophy |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers |
Publication date | 1954 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 288 pp (first edition) |
| OCLC | 964457 |
The First and Last Freedom is a book by Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986), originally published 1954.
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
- Jiddu, Krishnamurti (1954). The First and Last Freedom. Foreword by Aldous Huxley. London: Gollancz. 288 pp. OCLC 59002436. First United Kingdom edition (published simultaneously with the United States edition).
- —— (1975). The First and Last Freedom. Foreword by Aldous Huxley (reprint ed.). San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco. 288 pp. ISBN 978-0-06-064831-2.
- —— (2003). The First and Last Freedom. Foreword by Aldous Huxley. Chennai: Krishnamurti Foundation India. 264 pp. ISBN 978-81-87326-41-0. External link in
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Reviews
- Fausset, Hugh I'Anson (14 May 1954). "Bond and Free". The Times Literary Supplement (London: News International). p. 317. ISSN 0307-661X. Review of the 1st UK edition.
See also
References
- ↑ 1st UK edition.
- ↑ Huxley, Aldous (1975) [originally published 1954]. "Foreword". In (author) Jiddu, Krishnamurti. The First and Last Freedom. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco. pp. 9–18. ISBN 978-0-06-064831-2. J.Krishnamurti Online no. 306. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
- ↑ Lutyens, Mary (2003) [Originally published 1990. London: John Murray]. The Life and Death of Krishnamurti. Bramdean: Krishnamurti Foundation Trust. p. 92. ISBN 0-900506-22-9. External link in
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External links
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