To my mind, it is worthwhile, therefore, to view his heritage as the starting point of phenomenology of life . From the present point of view, when the standpoints of phenomenology of life have taken shape, Celms contribution is more obvious than it was at the time when phenomenology was taking its first steps. Celms calls Husserl's phenomenological idealism life philosophy. Husserl's stand in his latest works is still connected with the way, which links phenomenology with its turning to concrete subjectivity and its life. The pure life is the basis for reduction in Husserls phenomenology, acknowledges Celms.
Life is grasped in phenomenological reflection.
We perceive experiences as an infinity of an immanent observation process. That Husserl interprets the world pulse as the pulse of I-life proves that his idealism is close to life philosophy. In his early works Celms follows the neo-Kantianism and phenomenology, German philosophy of life and critical realism. He speaks about culture, consciousness, its structures, pure I, subject and subjectivation. Celms often compares Husserl's approach with Kant reminding of the limitations of the philosophy of transcendentalism.