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The translator IS verified for this lecture: its own source names the translator (evidence: the lecture's page, rsarchive's lecture list, or the cover of the book it was published in), and that page's text was matched against this unit (see match_score and source_url). Cite the translator with confidence; attribute the publisher only as probable."},"edition_coverage":{"de":["original"],"en":["English"]},"available_versions":[{"lang":"de","edition":"original","edition_basis":null,"is_original":true,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-30_02/p015"},{"lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/103/1908-05-30_02/p015","paragraph_aligned":true}],"record":{"record_type":"unknown","scope":"volume","note":"How this text was taken down (shorthand transcript, listeners' notes or manuscript) is not on record here. 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So wirkte diese Kraft weiter bis in unsere Zeit hinein, bis in die Zeit, die wir schildern mußten als eine solche, in welcher die Menschheit mit ihren intellektuellen und geistigen Kräften ganz hinuntergestiegen ist in die Materie. Man könnte nun fragen: Warum mußte denn das Christentum gerade zur Welt kommen als unmittelbarer Vorläufer der tiefsten materiellen Epoche?","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":141,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-30_02/p021"},{"locus":"GA 103/1908-05-30_02/p022","passage_number":22,"text":"Denken Sie einmal, die Menschheit wäre ohne das Christentum eingetreten in diese tiefste materielle Epoche. Es wäre dann für sie unmöglich gewesen, den Impuls nach aufwärts wiederzufinden. Denken Sie sich den Impuls, der der Menschheit durch den Christus eingepflanzt worden ist, fort, und die ganze Menschheit müßte in die Dekadenz fallen, müßte mit der Materie sich auf ewig verbinden; sie würde, wie es im Okkultismus heißt, «von der Schwere der Materie erfaßt» und aus ihrer Entwickelung hinausgeworfen werden. So müssen wir uns vorstellen, daß die Menschheit in der nachatlantischen Kulturepoche einen Ruck hinuntergeht in die Materie. Und es kam in die Menschheit, bevor die niederste Stufe erreicht wurde, der andere Impuls, der wieder hinauf in die entgegengesetzte Richtung stößt. Das war der Christus-Impuls. Hätte der Christus-Impuls früher gewirkt, so wäre die Menschheit überhaupt nicht zur materiellen Entwickelung gekommen. Wäre er hineingefallen in die alte indische Kulturepoche, würde die Menschheit gewiß durchdrungen worden sein von dem spirituellen Element des Christentums, aber die Menschheit würde nie so tief hinuntergestiegen sein, daß sie alles das, was wir heute äußere physische Kultur nennen, hätte hervorbringen können.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":182,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-30_02/p022"}],"english":["GA 103/1908-05-30_02/p015","GA 103/1908-05-30_02/p016"],"method":"embedding","confidence":"medium","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":323,"en_words":580,"ratio":1.8,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.06,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":5133,"original_word_count":4820,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Maud B. 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