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 "what": "A subject index to Rudolf Steiner's collected works (the Gesamtausgabe, GA). For each subject it lists, under headings, where Steiner treats it: Steiner's own books first, then articles, then lectures in date order. It contains no quotations. Every reference was checked against the text this site serves.",
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  "The headings are this index's own unless an entry names a source for them. A text is listed under a heading when it treats the subject or the point the heading names, not when the word merely occurs. A paragraph number marks the one passage that is the point.",
  "Every reference was checked against the text this site serves. Volumes the publisher says were written from listeners' notes are marked, and so is a text whose own heading says it is another person's notes or report.",
  "Printed indexes and reference wikis were consulted and are not reproduced.",
  "Each entry is also available as JSON with a schema, for software agents."
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