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What is memory? The picture of an event which we experienced remains behind in the soul, in the same way in which something of the thoughts of a book's author remain in the book we read. When you read a book, you may think through (not always, but this does not count now) everything thought out by the author of the book. Memory is a subconscious reading activity. In memory remain the signs which the etheric body engraved upon the physical body. 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Consequently we should not—as explained in my book “The Education of the Child”—maltreat a child by developing its power of memory. During the first seven years, the essential thing is to leave the child's elastic organism to its own elemental forces, without maltreating it. We should therefore tell a child as much as possible, but without stressing the point that it should unfold its memory power artificially. In regard to the unfolding of memory, the child should instead be left to its own resources. 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In der Erinnerung lassen wir dasjenige auferstehen vor unserem Bewußtsein, was wir in früheren Zeiten schon erlebt haben. Diese Erinnerung bringt in unser Leben einen Zusammenhang hinein, so daß dieses Leben zwischen Geburt und Tod eine Einheit ist. Ein Zweites ist dann dasjenige, was wir unser Denken, was wir Vorstellen nennen. Ich kann hier diese Begriffe nicht weiter auseinandersetzen, darauf kommt es jetzt nicht an; aber was Vorstellungstätigkeit ist, ist das, was in der Gegenwart verläuft. Und wenn wir noch weiter vorrücken, so bekommen wir das Fühlen, und noch weiter das Wollen. Indem wir in uns hineinschauen, erscheint uns unser eigenes Innere als Erinnern, als Denken, als Fühlen, als Wollen. Nun können wir die Frage aufwerfen: was ist der wesentliche Unterschied zwischen diesen vier Verrichtungen der Seele? Die gewöhnliche Psychologie zählt diese Verrichtungen der Seele auf, und sie unterscheidet nicht weiter. Aber auf die Wahrheit kommt man erst dann, wenn man auf das Wesen dieser vier Seelenverrichtungen eingehen kann, und da kommt man darauf, daß das Wollen gewissermaßen das Baby unter unseren Seelentätigkeiten ist; das Fühlen ist schon älter, das Denken ist noch älter, und die Tätigkeit, die in der Erinnerung ausgeübt wird, ist der Greis, ist das Älteste unter unseren Seelentätigkeiten. Sie werden noch klarer das einsehen, wenn ich Ihnen den folgenden Gesichtspunkt geltend mache.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":260,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/157/1915-04-20/p015"},{"locus":"GA 157/1915-04-20/p016","passage_number":16,"text":"Wir haben wiederholt davon gesprochen, wie der Mensch sich nicht nur entwickelt hat auf der Erde, sondern wie dieser Entwickelung vorangegangen sind die alte Mondentwickelung, die alte Sonnenentwickelung und die alte Saturnentwickelung. Der Mensch ist nicht erst auf der Erde entstanden, er hat gebraucht, um das zu werden, was er jetzt ist, diese Entwickelung durch Saturn, Sonne und Mond hindurch. Nun sehen Sie, dasjenige, was wir in unserem Wollen entwickeln, so wie wir diesen Willen jetzt kennen, das ist Erdenprodukt für den Menschen, das ist eigentlich noch nicht einmal abgeschlossen in seiner Entwickelung, das ist vollständiges Erdenprodukt. Während der Mondentwickelung war der Mensch noch nicht ein selbständig wollendes Wesen; Engel haben für ihn gewollt. Das Wollen hat gleichsam erst eingestrahlt seit der Erdenentwickelung. Dagegen ist das Fühlen schon angeeignet worden während der Mondentwickelung, das Denken während der Sonnenentwickelung und die Erinnerung während der alten Saturnentwickelung. Und wenn Sie das, was ich jetzt sage, mit anderem zusammenbringen, was in der «Akasha-Chronik» und in der «Geheimwissenschaft» ausgedrückt ist, so wird sich Ihnen ein wichtiger Zusammenhang ergeben. Während der Saturnentwickelung ist die erste Anlage entstanden zum physischen Leib des Menschen, während der Sonnenentwickelung zum menschlichen Ätherleib, während der Mondentwickelung zum menschlichen Astralleib, und während der Erdenentwickelung bildet sich das menschliche Ich aus.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":209,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/157/1915-04-20/p016"},{"locus":"GA 157/1915-04-20/p017","passage_number":17,"text":"Nun betrachten wir einmal für sich das, was wir die Erinnerungstätigkeit nennen. Was ist das Erinnern? In der Seele bleibt ebenso irgend etwas von dem Bilde eines Ereignisses, das wir durchlebt haben, wie in dem Buch, das wir lesen, etwas bleibt von dem, was der gedacht hat, der das Buch geschrieben hat. Wenn Sie ein Buch vor sich haben, so können Sie alles lesen, alles das denken - manchmal auch nicht, aber das rechne ich jetzt nicht —, was der gedacht hat, der das Buch geschrieben hat. Das Erinnern ist eine unterbewußte Lesetätigkeit; was bleibt, sind Zeichen, die der Ätherleib in den physischen Leib eingegraben hat. Wenn Sie vor Jahren ein Erlebnis gehabt haben, so haben Sie das, was in dem Erlebnis zu erfahren war, durchgemacht. Was bleibt, sind Eindrücke, die der Ätherleib in den physischen Leib hinein macht; und wenn Sie sich jetzt erinnern, so ist das Erinnern ein unterbewußtes Lesen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":152,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/157/1915-04-20/p017"},{"locus":"GA 157/1915-04-20/p018","passage_number":18,"text":"Die geheimen Vorgänge, die im Organismus vor sich gehen, damit der Ätherleib die Zeichen eingraben kann, die der Erinnerung zugrunde liegen, die sind hineingebildet worden während der alten Saturnentwickelung. Es ist in der Tat so, daß wir in unserem Organismus eben diesen geheimen Saturnorganismus tragen; der lebt sich so aus, daß wir in ihm eine Wesenhaftigkeit sehen können, in welche der Ätherleib das einzutragen vermag in Zeichen, was er äußerlich an Erlebnissen hat, um es dann wieder herauszuholen in der Erinnerung. Daß der Mensch diese unterbewußte Schreibetätigkeit ausübt, das hat er im wesentlichen davon her, daß in seinen ersten sieben Lebensjahren der Körper, gerade dasjenige im physischen Leib, was die Einprägungen empfangen soll, noch geschmeidig ist. Deshalb soll man nicht, wie ich zum Beispiel in meiner Schrift über «Die Erziehung des Kindes» aufmerksam gemacht habe, das Kind dadurch malträtieren, daß man sein Gedächtnis ausbildet. In den ersten sieben Jahren handelt es sich darum, daß der geschmeidige Organismus seinen eigenen, elementaren Kräften überlassen bleibt, daß wir ihn da nicht malträtieren. Wir sollen daher dem Kinde möglichst viel erzählen, aber nicht einen allzu großen Wert darauf legen, daß das Kind jetzt schon künstlich das Gedächtnis ausbilden soll, sondern sich selbst überlassen bleibt in bezug auf die Gedächtnisausbildung. In dieser Weise wird Geisteswissenschaft für das pädagogische Leben von ungeheurer Wichtigkeit sein.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":218,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/157/1915-04-20/p018"},{"locus":"GA 157/1915-04-20/p019","passage_number":19,"text":"Ebenso wie die Erinnerungsfähigkeit zu den ältesten Bestandteilen der Menschennatur gehört, so gehört die Tätigkeit, die dem Denken zugrunde liegt, zu dem, was man das auf der Sonne Gebildete nennen kann. Das ist verhältnismäßig auch alt. Die Sonnenkräfte enthalten das, was im Menschen den ätherischen Leib so organisiert, daß er diese eigentümliche Tätigkeit des Denkens, des Vorstellens ausüben kann. Sie sehen daraus, daß man weit, weit in den Kosmos zurückgreifen muß, wenn man die Frage beantworten will: warum kann der Mensch sich erinnern, und warum kann er denken? Man muß zurückgreifen bis in die Saturn- und Sonnenentwickelung.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":97,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/157/1915-04-20/p019"},{"locus":"GA 157/1915-04-20/p020","passage_number":20,"text":"Wenn man die Gefühlstätigkeit des Menschen ins Auge faßt, braucht man nur zurückzugreifen bis zur Mondentwickelung und bei der Willenstätigkeit bis zur Erdenentwickelung. Sie werden dadurch manches verstehen. Menschen, welche ganz besonders geprägt sind von ihren früheren Inkarnationen her, nicht geschmeidig sind, sondern scharf geprägt sind, bei denen wird sich viel hineinpressen in den Organismus. Es werden Menschen sein, die ein fast automatisches Gedächtnis haben, aber produktiv werden sie nicht viel aus ihrem Denken heraus entwickeln. Während Sie also vorzugsweise mit dem physischen Leib zusammenbringen müssen die Erinnerungstätigkeit des Menschen, mit dem ätherischen Leib die Denktätigkeit, mit dem astralischen Leib die Gefühlstätigkeit des Menschen, werden Sie daher mit dem Ich zusammenbringen müssen vorzugsweise die Willenstätigkeit des Menschen. Der Mensch sagt nur dadurch zu sich Ich, daß er ein Willenswesen ist. Wenn er nur denken würde, so würde das Leben doch nur wie ein Traum ablaufen. Nun sind wir auf diese Weise, ich möchte sagen, ein organischer Zusammenhang von inneren Seelenbetätigungen, die sich im Laufe der Entwickelung in unser Seelenwesen hineingeprägt haben. Ich sagte mit Bezug auf unser Wollen, es habe sich erst während der Erdenentwickelung herausgebildet, auf dem Monde haben noch die geistigen höheren Hierarchien für den Menschen gewollt, die Angeloi. Dadurch war das ganze Wollen des Menschen während der Mondentwickelung ein solches, daß man, wenn man es wiederum in das hellseherische Bewußtsein zurückruft, zwar eine höhere Stufe erblickt, aber doch ein unwillkürliches Wollen beim Menschen, wie wir auf der Erde es bei der Tierentwickelung haben. Das Tier folgt notwendig dem, was in ihm kocht und brodelt, es ist in dem gemeinsamen Willen seiner Gattungswesenheit darinnen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":266,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/157/1915-04-20/p020"}],"beads":[{"from":[17,18],"to":[15],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[19,20],"to":[16],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[21],"to":[17],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[22],"to":[18],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[23],"to":[19],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[24,25],"to":[20],"confidence":"medium","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)."}}