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Jetzt wollen wir uns das, was ich eben jetzt ausgesprochen habe, in eine uns bekannte Sprache übersetzen, in eine uns längst bekannte Sprache.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":53,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/151/1914-01-20/p022"},{"locus":"GA 151/1914-01-20/p023","passage_number":23,"text":"Gefordert wird von uns, wenn wir von dem speziellen Gedanken zu dem allgemeinen Gedanken aufsteigen sollen, daß wir den speziellen Gedanken in Bewegung bringen, so daß der bewegte Gedanke der allgemeine Gedanke ist, der von einer Form in die andere hineinschlüpft. Form sage ich; richtig gedacht ist: Das ganze bewegt sich, und jedes einzelne, was da herauskommt durch die Bewegung, ist eine in sich abgeschlossene Form. Früher habe ich nur Einzelformen hingezeichnet, ein spitzwinkliges, ein rechtwinkliges und ein stumpfwinkliges Dreieck. Jetzt zeichne ich etwas auf - ich zeichne es eigentlich nicht auf, das sagte ich schon, aber vorstellen kann man sich das -, was die Vorstellung hervorrufen soll, daß der allgemeine Gedanke in Bewegung ist und die einzelne Form durch sein Stillestehen erzeugt - «die Form erzeugt, sage ich.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":129,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/151/1914-01-20/p023"},{"locus":"GA 151/1914-01-20/p024","passage_number":24,"text":"Da sehen wir, die Philosophen des Nominalismus, die notwendig an einer Grenzscheide stehen, bewegen sich in einem gewissen Reiche, in dem Reiche der Geister der Form. Innerhalb des Reiches der Geister der Form, das um uns herum ist, herrschen die Formen; und weil die Formen herrschen, sind in diesem Reiche einzelne, streng in sich abgeschlossene Einzeldinge. Daraus ersehen Sie, daß die Philosophen, die ich meine, niemals den Entschluß gefaßt haben, aus dem Reiche der Formen herauszugehen, und daher in den allgemeinen Gedanken nichts anderes haben können als Worte, richtig bloße Worte. Würden sie herausgehen aus dem Reiche der speziellen Dinge, das heißt der Formen, so würden sie in ein Vorstellen hineinkommen, das in fortwährender Bewegung ist, das heißt, sie würden in ihrem Denken eine Vergegenwärtigung des Reiches der Geister der Bewegung haben, der nächsthöheren Hierarchie. Dazu lassen sich aber die meisten Philosophen nicht herbei. Und als sich einmal einer in der letzten Zeit des abendländischen Denkens herbeigelassen hat, so recht in diesem Sinne zu denken, da wurde er wenig verstanden, obwohl viel von ihm gesprochen und gefaselt wird. Man schlage auf, was Goethe in seiner «Metamorphose der Pflanzen» geschrieben hat, was er die «Urpflanze» nannte; man schlage dann das auf, was er das «Urtier» nannte, und man wird finden, daß man mit diesen Begriffen «Urpflanze», «Urtier» nur zurechtkommt, wenn man sie beweglich denkt. Wenn man diese Beweglichkeit aufnimmt, von der Goethe selber spricht, dann hat man nicht einen abgeschlossenen, in seinen Formen begrenzten Begriff, sondern man hat das, was in seinen Formen lebt, was durchkriecht in der ganzen Entwickelung des Tierreiches oder des Pflanzenteiches, was sich in diesem Durchkriechen ebenso verändert, wie das Dreieck sich in ein spitzwinkliges oder ein stumpfwinkliges verändert, und was bald «Wolf» und «Löwe», bald «Käfer» sein kann, je nachdem die Beweglichkeit so eingerichtet ist, daß die Eigenschaften sich abändern in dem Durchgehen durch die Einzelheiten. Goethe brachte die starren Begriffe der Formen in Bewegung. Das war seine große, zentrale Tat. Das war das Bedeutsame, was er in die Naturbetrachtung seiner Zeit eingeführt hat.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":338,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/151/1914-01-20/p024"},{"locus":"GA 151/1914-01-20/p025","passage_number":25,"text":"Sie sehen hier an einem Beispiele, wie das, was wir Geisteswissenschaft nennen, tatsächlich dazu geeignet ist, die Menschen aus dem herauszuführen, woran sie notwendig heute haften müssen, selbst wenn sie Philosophen sind. Denn ohne Begriffe, die durch die Geisteswissenschaft gewonnen werden, ist es gar nicht möglich, wenn man ehrlich ist, etwas anderes zuzugeben, als daß die allgemeinen Gedanken bloße Worte seien. Das ist der Grund, warum ich sagte: Die meisten Menschen haben nur keine Gedanken. Und wenn man ihnen von Gedanken spricht, so lehnen sie das ab.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":87,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/151/1914-01-20/p025"},{"locus":"GA 151/1914-01-20/p026","passage_number":26,"text":"Wann spricht man zu den Menschen von Gedanken? Wenn man zum Beispiel sagt, die Tiere und Pflanzen hätten Gruppenseelen. Ob man sagt allgemeine Gedanken oder Gruppenseelen — wir werden im Laufe der Vorträge sehen, was für eine Beziehung zwischen den beiden ist -, das kommt für das Denken auf dasselbe heraus. Aber die Gruppenseele ist auch nicht anders zu begreifen als dadurch, daß man sie in Bewegung denkt, in fortwährender äußerlicher und innerlicher Bewegung; sonst kommt man nicht zur Gruppenseele. Aber das lehnen die Menschen ab. Daher lehnen sie auch die Gruppenseele ab, lehnen also den allgemeinen Gedanken ab.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":99,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/151/1914-01-20/p026"},{"locus":"GA 151/1914-01-20/p027","passage_number":27,"text":"Zum Kennenlernen der offenbaren Welt braucht man aber keine Gedanken; da braucht man nur die Erinnerung an das, was man gesehen hat im Reiche der Form. Und das ist das, was die meisten Menschen überhaupt nur wissen: was sie gesehen haben im Reiche der Form. Da bleiben dann die allgemeinen Gedanken bloße Worte. Daher konnte ich sagen: Die meisten Menschen haben keine Gedanken. Denn die allgemeinen Gedanken bleiben für die meisten Menschen nur Worte. Und wenn es unter den mancherlei Geistern der höheren Hierarchien nicht auch den Genius der Sprache geben würde, der die allgemeinen Worte für die allgemeinen Begriffe bildet, die Menschen selber würden das nicht tun. Also richtig aus der Sprache heraus bekommen die Menschen zunächst ihre allgemeinen Gedanken, und sie haben auch nicht viel anderes als die in der Sprache aufbewahrten allgemeinen Gedanken.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":136,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/151/1914-01-20/p027"},{"locus":"GA 151/1914-01-20/p028","passage_number":28,"text":"Daraus ersehen wir aber, daß es doch etwas Eigenes sein muß mit dem Denken von wirklichen Gedanken. Daß es etwas ganz Eigentümliches damit sein muß, das können wir uns daraus verständlich machen, daß wir sehen, wie schwer es eigentlich den Menschen wird, auf dem Felde des Gedankens zur Klarheit zu kommen. So im äußeren trivialen Leben wird man vielleicht oftmals behaupten, wenn man ein bißchen renommieren will, das Denken sei leicht. Aber es ist nicht leicht. Denn es erfordert das wirkliche Denken immer ein ganz enges, in gewisser Beziehung unbewußtes Berührtsein von einem Hauch aus dem Reiche der Geister der Bewegung. Würde das Denken so ganz leicht sein, so würden nicht so kolossale Schnitzer auf dem Gebiete des Denkens gemacht werden, und man plagte sich nicht so lange mit allerlei Problemen und Irrtümern herum. So plagt man sich jetzt seit mehr als einem Jahrhundert mit einem Gedanken, den ich schon öfter angeführt habe und den Kart ausgesprochen hat.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":158,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/151/1914-01-20/p028"}],"beads":[{"from":[25,26],"to":[22,23],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[27],"to":[24],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[28],"to":[25],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[29],"to":[26],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[30],"to":[27],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[31],"to":[28],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. A bead at either end of the span can carry text beyond it (the `from` numbers show what each bead covers)."}}