Lecture II

GA 161/1915-05-01/p003 ·1915-05-01 · English MediumMedium alignmentSome paragraph re-numbering between this translation and the German original — the locus may slip by a paragraph or two.
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Through all that we have recently been discussing here there runs a basic theme. This basic theme is an expression of how at the present time, within the whole cultural development of mankind, the necessity may be seen for a new impulse—that is, a spiritual impulse, an impulse towards spiritual knowledge.

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