{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 15/l01/p016","lang":"en","edition":"ASGB1921","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":false,"text":"It is possible to learn through occult science, that the human body, as it exists at its present stage of evolution, must be regarded as having arrived at its present form under different conditions. It is known to the occultist that this evolution was effected by means of the working of various forces on the sum-total of man's being; certain forces worked on the physical body, others on the etheric, others on the astral body. Human nature has arrived at its present form through the action of those beings whom we call the Luciferic and Ahrimanic. By their means it has, in a certain way, become more imperfect than it need have been if only those forces had been active within it which proceed from the spiritual rulers of the cosmos who desire to evolve man along straight lines. The causes of sorrow, disease, and even of death are to be sought in the fact that, besides the beings who are evolving man in a straight line forwards, there are also the Luciferic and Ahrimanic spirits, who are continually crossing the line of straightforward progressive development.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Lecture I","site_heading":null,"date":null,"location":null,"word_count":186,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/15/l01/p016?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/p016"},{"lang":"en","edition":"AP1992","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/15/l01/p016","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/p016?edition=ASGB1921","paragraph_aligned":true}],"german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"l01","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 15/l01/p010","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/15/l01/p010"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":281,"en_words":281,"ratio":1.0,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. The German original passage(s) above are the edition-invariant anchor — fetch them (lang='de') to verify wording before quoting across editions."},"paired_german":{"status":"paired","german":[{"locus":"GA 15/l01/p010","passage_number":10,"text":"Die eine Hälfte der Antwort kann man leicht geben; denn sie liegt in folgendem. Wenn jene höheren Kräfte in derselben Weise weiterwirkten, würde der Mensch immer Kind bleiben; er würde nicht zum vollen Ich-Bewußtsein kommen. Es muß in seine eigene Wesenheit verlegt werden, was vorher von außen gewirkt hat. Aber es gibt einen bedeutungsvolleren Grund, der noch mehr aufklären kann als das eben Gesagte über die Geheimnisse des Menschenlebens; und das ist der folgende. Durch die Geisteswissenschaft kann erfahren werden, daß der menschliche Leib, wie er im gegenwärtigen Erdenentwickelungsstadium ist, als ein Gewordenes betrachtet werden muß, das aus anderen Zuständen sich zu seiner gegenwärtigen Form fortgebildet hat. Dem Kenner der Geisteswissenschaft ist bekannt, daß diese Evolution sich so vollzogen hat, daß auf die Gesamtwesenheit des Menschen verschiedene Kräfte gewirkt haben; gewisse Kräfte auf den physischen Leib, andere auf den Ätherleib, und andere auf den Astralleib. Die menschliche Wesenheit ist zu ihrer gegenwärtigen Form dadurch gekommen, daß auf sie jene Wesenheiten gewirkt haben, die wir die luziferischen und die ahrimanischen nennen. Durch diese Kräfte ist die menschliche Wesenheit in einer gewissen Weise schlechter geworden, als sie dann hätte werden müssen, wenn nur diejenigen Kräfte wirksam gewesen wären, die von den geistigen Weltenlenkern kommen, welche den Menschen in einer geraden Weise weiter entwickeln wollen. Es ist ja die Ursache der Leiden, der Krankheiten und auch des Todes darin zu suchen, daß außer den Wesenheiten, welche den Menschen in einer geraden Linie vorwärts entwickeln, noch die luziferischen und die ahrimanischen walten, welche die geradlinige Vorwärtsentwickelung stets durchkreuzen. In dem, was der Mensch durch die Geburt ins Dasein hereinbringt, liegt etwas, das besser ist als dasjenige, was in späterem Leben der Mensch daraus machen kann.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":281,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/15/l01/p010"}],"english":["GA 15/l01/p015","GA 15/l01/p016"],"method":"length","confidence":"medium","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":281,"en_words":281,"ratio":1.0,"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. An unattributed translation cannot be weighed as a witness: you cannot tell which hand made the choices in it. 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