{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 15/l01/p006","lang":"en","edition":"ASGB1921","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":false,"text":"Moreover, man during this period not only elaborates his brain plastically, but has to learn three most important things for his earthly existence. The first is the equilibrium of his own in space. The man of the present day entirely overlooks the meaning of this statement which touches upon one of the most essential differences between man and animals. An animal is destined from the outset to develop its equilibrium in space in a certain way; one animal is destined to be a climber, another, a swimmer. An animal is organized from the beginning in such a way as to be able to bear itself rightly in space, and this is the case with all animals up to and including the mammals most resembling man. If zoologists would ponder this fact, they would lay less emphasis on the number of bones and. muscles similar in men and animals, for this is of much less account than the fact that the human being is not endowed at birth with the complete equipment for his conditions of equilibrium. He has first to form them out of the sum total of his being. It is significant that man should have to work upon himself in order to make out of a being unable to walk at all, one that can walk erect. It is man himself who gives himself his vertical position, his equilibrium in space. He brings himself into relation with the force of gravitation. It will obviously be easy for anyone taking a superficial view of the matter to question this statement, with apparently good reason. It may be said that the human being is just as much organized for his erect walk as, for instance, a climbing animal is for climbing. But more accurate observation will show that it is the peculiarity of the animal's organization that causes its position in space. In man it is the soul which brings itself into relation with space and controls the organization.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Lecture I","site_heading":null,"date":null,"location":null,"word_count":329,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/15/l01/p006?edition=ASGB1921","alignment_confidence":"medium","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":null,"edition_coverage":{"de":["original"],"en":["AP1992","ASGB1921"]},"available_versions":[{"lang":"de","edition":"original","edition_basis":null,"is_original":true,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/15/l01/p006"},{"lang":"en","edition":"AP1992","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/15/l01/p006","paragraph_aligned":true},{"lang":"en","edition":"ASGB1921","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":false,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/15/l01/p006?edition=ASGB1921","paragraph_aligned":true}],"german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"l01","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 15/l01/p003","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/15/l01/p003"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":291,"en_words":329,"ratio":1.13,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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Wenn die Zoologen über dieses Faktum nachdenken würden, so würden sie weniger betonen, daß zum Beispiel Mensch und Tier so und so viele gleichartige Knochen und Muskeln haben und so weiter; denn dieses kommt viel weniger in Betracht als die Tatsache, daß der Mensch nicht von vornherein die volle Anlage für seine Gleichgewichtsverhältnisse mitbekommt. Er muß sich diese erst aus seinem Gesamtwesen herausgestalten. Es ist bedeutungsvoll, daß der Mensch an sich selbst arbeiten muß, um sich aus einem Wesen, das nicht gehen kann, zu einem solchen zu machen, das aufrecht gehen kann. Der Mensch ist es selbst, der sich seine vertikale Lage, seine Gleichgewichtslage im Raum gibt. Er bringt sich selbst in ein Verhältnis zur Schwerkraft. Einer Betrachtung, welche nicht in die Tiefe der Sache dringen will, wird es selbstverständlich ein Leichtes sein, mit scheinbar guten Gründen dies zu bestreiten. Man kann sagen, der Mensch sei eben für seinen aufrechten Gang ebeno hinorganisiert wie zum Beispiel ein Klettertier zum Klettern. Ein genaueres Zusehen aber kann zeigen, daß es beim Tier die Eigenart der Organisation ist, welche das Hineinstellen in den Raum bewirkt. Beim Menschen aber ist es die Seele, welche sich in Beziehung zum Raum bringt und die Organisation bezwingt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":291,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/15/l01/p003"}],"english":["GA 15/l01/p006"],"method":"length","confidence":"medium","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":291,"en_words":329,"ratio":1.13,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.03,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":6442,"original_word_count":6235,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"status":"unknown","warning":"No translator is recorded for this edition. 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