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Es muß noch etwas hinzukommen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":52,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/108/1908-11-13/p016"},{"locus":"GA 108/1908-11-13/p017","passage_number":17,"text":"Von diesem Buche habe ich damals unter anderem auch ein Autorenexemplar einem sehr bedeutenden Philosophen der Gegenwart verehrt, der mir dann schrieb, er hätte so viel zu sagen über den Inhalt des Buches, daß er dies nicht in einem Brief schreiben wolle, er hätte vielmehr alle seine Bemerkungen an den Rand geschrieben. Bei diesem betreffenden Satz, wo es sich um den Begriff des Geräusches handelt, hat er an den Rand geschrieben: «Das tut der Hase sicher nicht!» - und sandte mir das Buch zurück. Nun handelt es sich aber bei einer solchen Untersuchung ja nicht um die Philosophie des Hasen, sondern um die des Menschen. 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Die Methoden, auch wenn sie die wissenschaftlichsten Methoden sind, die man anwendet, um durch äußere Erfahrung sich Vorstellungen zu bilden über die Welt, diese Methoden alle können nicht dazu dienen, um in der Menschenseele das Begriffsnetz innerlich selber zu konstruieren.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":116,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/108/1908-11-13/p018"},{"locus":"GA 108/1908-11-13/p019","passage_number":19,"text":"Es muß also eine Methode geben, dieauf der einen Seite unabhängig ist von der äußeren Beobachtung und auf der anderen Seite auch unabhängig ist von der hellseherischen Beobachtung. Denn die Menschenseele soll ja, wie wir voraussetzen, schon Begriffe sich bilden können, bevor sie zum Hellsehen aufsteigt. 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