{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 117a/1910-01-10/p015","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"The initiate of the fourth degree - or of the “Lion” - had to be completely free of all self-assertion; in relation to the truth, he was not allowed to have his own point of view or his own opinion. This view is in complete conflict with what is considered correct in our days, since everyone has to have their point of view and their opinion. Mathematics is currently the only field in which individuals no longer believe that they can assert their own opinions. The initiate of the fourth degree, on the other hand, was never allowed to let his own thoughts and feelings interfere when it came to spiritual truths; because only those who do not have their own opinions can penetrate to the truth, as an old sage says. 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Der Eingeweihte des vierten Grades dagegen durfte niemals seine eigenen Gedanken und Gefühle hereinspielen lassen, wenn es geistigen Wahrheiten galt; denn nur der, der nicht seine eigene Meinung hat, kann zur Wahrheit vordringen, so wie ein alter Weiser sagt. Sich selbst allein als Werkzeug der Wahrheit, als Hülle der Wahrheit betrachtend, sollte er nicht sprechen, was er selbst dachte, sondern nur das, was ihm eingegeben wurde. 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