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This gives opportunity for beings who have stayed behind to make use of the forces of philosophical evolution in order to carry on their ancient Sun existence; beings who remained behind during the Sun-evolution, who neglected at that time to go through the development that one can pass through in one's etheric body, sentient body, and sentient soul—in cooperation with Spirits of Wisdom and Archangeloi. These Spirits that missed their evolution during the Sun time can use man's philosophical evolution in order to be parasites within human evolution. 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Solange sie nicht so heraustreten, daß die Menschen sich ihnen im Geiste Auge in Auge gegenüberstellen, sind Ahriman und Luzifer schädliche Geister, schädlich in dieser oder jener Weise. Nehmen wir an, ein Philosoph tritt auf und entwickelt den Gedanken, und zwar den Gedanken, insofern man ihn im bloßen Erdensein erfassen kann. Dann entwickelt er den Gedanken so, wie er leben kann durch das Instrument der irdischen Vernunft. Das ist der Hegelsche Gedanke! Er ist reiner Gedanke, aber nur ein Gedanke, wie er gefaßt werden kann mit dem Werkzeug des physischen Leibes, der aber abstirbt mit dem Tode.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":118,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/161/1915-01-10/p044"},{"locus":"GA 161/1915-01-10/p045","passage_number":45,"text":"Hegel hat das Tiefste gedacht, was gedacht werden kann im Erdenleben, was aber in seiner Konfiguration mit dem Tode abstirbt. Und Hegels Tragik besteht darinnen: er hat nicht bemerkt, daß er den Geist in der Logik, in der Natur, im Seelenleben erfaßt, aber nur denjenigen Geist, der in der Form des Gedankens existiert, der aber nicht mitgeht, wenn wir durch den Tod gehen. Um dieses klar vor die Seele zu stellen, hätte er sich sagen müssen: Wenn ich glauben könnte, daß das, was durch das Denken hindurchgeht, was ich also denke vom abstrakten Sein durch die Logik, durch die Naturgedanken, durch die Seelengedanken und herauf bis zur Philosophie, wenn ich glauben könnte, daß das mich hinter die Kulissen des Daseins führt, dann wäre ich von Mephistopheles verlockt!","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":127,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/161/1915-01-10/p045"},{"locus":"GA 161/1915-01-10/p046","passage_number":46,"text":"Das hat ein anderer wahrgenommen, das hat Goethe wahrgenommen, und das hat er in seinem «Faust» dargestellt: den Kampf des denkenden Menschen mit Mephistopheles, mit Ahriman. 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