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That is indeed the peculiar [eigenartige] nature of anthroposophical truth that the observer may have no opinion of his own, no preference for this or the other theory, that he may not love this or the other view more than any other because of his own especial individual qualities. As long as he stands on this standpoint, it is impossible for the true secrets of the world to reveal themselves to him. He must pursue knowledge quite individually, but his individuality must develop so far, that it no longer has anything personal, *i.e.*, anything of his own peculiar sympathies and antipathies. This must be taken strictly and earnestly. Whoever still has any preference for these or the other ideas and views, whoever can incline to this or the other because of his education or temperament, will never recognise objective truth.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"I. Group-soulness and Ego-hood.","site_heading":null,"date":"1909-12-04","location":null,"word_count":260,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/117/1909-12-04/p019","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"not_established","translator":null,"identified_edition":null,"book_title":"The Ego","publisher":null,"publisher_inferred":false,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/The_Ego/19091204p01.html","evidence":null,"reason":"source_says_translator_unknown","note":"The source page itself says the translator is unknown. No translator is established for this lecture: nothing at the level of the lecture names one. Do not attribute this English to a translator, and do not borrow a credit from another lecture of the volume. 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Diese anthroposophische Weltanschauung kommt auf die individuellste Weise zustande und ist zu gleicher Zeit das Unindividuellste, das sich überhaupt nur denken läßt. Sie kann nur dadurch auf die individuellste Art zustande kommen, daß sich die Geheimnisse des Weltalls in einer menschlichen Seele offenbaren, daß in sie einströmen die großen geistigen Wesenheiten der Welt. In der menschlichen Individualität muß der Inhalt der Welt erlebt werden auf die individuellste Art, aber zu gleicher Zeit muß er erlebt werden mit einem Charakter vollständiger Unpersönlichkeit. Wer erleben will den wahren Charakter der Weltgeheimnisse, der muß ganz auf demjenigen Gesichtspunkt stehen, von dem aus er sich sagt: Wer die eigene Meinung noch achtet, der kann nicht zur Wahrheit kommen. — Das ist nämlich das Eigenartige anthroposophischer Wahrheit, daß der Beobachter keine eigene Meinung, keine Vorliebe für diese oder jene Theorie haben darf, daß er durchaus nicht durch seine besondere individuelle Eigentümlichkeit diese oder jene Anschauung mehr lieben darf als eine andere. Solange er auf diesem Standpunkte steht, ist es unmöglich, daß sich ihm die wahren Weltgeheimnisse offenbaren. Er muß ganz individuell erkennen; aber seine Individualität muß so weit gediehen sein, daß sie nichts mehr von dem Persönlichen, also auch von dem ihm individuell Sympathischen und Antipathischen hat. Das muß streng und ernsthaft genommen werden. Wer noch irgendwelche Vorliebe hat für diese oder jene Begriffe und Anschauungen, wer durch seine Erziehung, durch sein Temperament zu dem oder jenem hinneigen kann, der wird niemals die objektive Wahrheit erkennen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":257,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/117/1909-12-04/p022"}],"english":["GA 117/1909-12-04/p019"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":257,"en_words":260,"ratio":1.01,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.0,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":7083,"original_word_count":7056,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"not_established","translator":null,"identified_edition":null,"book_title":"The Ego","publisher":null,"publisher_inferred":false,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/The_Ego/19091204p01.html","evidence":null,"reason":"source_says_translator_unknown","note":"The source page itself says the translator is unknown. 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