0
*
0
*
1450
2025
book-filter
Edition cover

Freedom from the known

  • Jiddu Krishnamurti

4.13

8 ratings

A MASTERPIECE FROM JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI ON FREEDOM. THE AUTHOR SAYS ABOUT THE CHAINS IN WHICH THE PRESENT MAN LIVE,ABOUT HIS FEARS OF THE KNOWN AND FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN. HE EMPLOYS A WITTY SARCASM AT THE WAY IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE READY TO ACCEPT THE IDEOLOGICAL TYRANNY OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS WHEN THEY ARE NOT READY TO ACCEPT ANY KIND OF POLITICAL DICTATORSHIP. FREEDOM FROM ALL THE SHACKLES THAT DRAW US BACKWARD FROM BEING A UNIVERSAL CITIZEN-THAT IS THE CORE TOPIC DISCUSSED IN THIS BOOK.

Genres

  • Self (Philosophy)
  • Thought and thinking
  • Liberty
  • Life
  • Human beings
  • Philosophy
  • Conduct of life
  • Psychology
  • Essays
  • Ethics
  • Taxation
Already read

9

people already read

Currently reading

7

people are currently reading

Want to read

87

people want to read

About the author

  • Jiddu Krishnamurti

    1895 - 1986

    4.14

    28 ratings · 728 works

Editions

  • Edition cover

    Gollancz, Orion Publishing Group, Limited

    1985

  • Edition cover

    New Ed edition

    HarperOne

    April 1, 1975

  • Edition cover

    HarperOne

    April 1, 1975

  • Edition cover

    HarperSanFrancisco, Harper & Row

    1996

Edition cover

Gollancz

1969

  • Edition cover

    Gollancz, Orion Publishing Group, Limited

    1969

  • Edition cover

    Krishnamurti Foundation India

    2004

  • Edition cover

    Stock

    1970

  • Edition cover

    B.I. Publications

    1959