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But it is active in what exists only in the mother and dies away during the embryonic development, in what is lost with the birth and perishes. In all that envelops the earthly human being and cares for its nourishment before it is born, in all that ensheaths the growing human being and then falls away from it—in that rule the ancient Moon laws. And with this we have something that goes beyond the single human life, that forms a connection between the individual man and his ancestors and is included in the concept of *heredity*.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Perception of the Nature of Thought","site_heading":null,"date":"1915-01-10","location":null,"word_count":219,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/161/1915-01-10/p012","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"M. 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Es ist wirksam von der Empfängnis bis zur Geburt, wirksam im Embryonalleben, aber nicht wirksam - das bitte ich ausdrücklich zu beachten - in dem, was sich zum äußeren physischen Menschen entwickelt von der Eizelle aus, also in dem, was von der Eizelle aus wächst, durch fortwährende Zellteilung größer und größer wird — da sind die Erdengesetze drinnen -, sondern wirksam in dem, was nur in der Mutter vorhanden ist und abstirbt während der Embryonalentwickelung, um sich mit der Geburt zu verlieren und in den Tod überzugehen. In dem, was da die Mutter umhüllt und für die Ernährung des Erdenmenschen sorgt, solange er noch nicht geboren ist, was einhüllt den werdenden Menschen und dann von ihm abfällt: in dem walten die alten Mondengesetze. Und mit dem hängt zusammen dasjenige, was über das einzelne Menschenleben hinausgeht, was einen Zusammenhang schafft zwischen dem einzelnen Menschen und seinen Vorfahren, was sich einschließt in den Begriff der Vererbung.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":216,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/161/1915-01-10/p012"}],"english":["GA 161/1915-01-10/p012"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":216,"en_words":219,"ratio":1.01,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":0.99,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":6461,"original_word_count":6540,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"M. 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