{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 161/1915-05-01/p026","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"By this you will be able to see in what the deceptive nature of materialist consists. There is nothing in everyday life that does not make an impression on the brain. Just as every step makes an impression on the earth, and you can prove that each of your steps has made its impression, you can also prove that all that is willed and thought makes its impression, has its influence, on the brain. But that is only the trace, it is only what is left behind of the thinking. Thinking takes place indeed in the etheric body; in reality everything you perceive as thinking is nothing but the etheric body's inner activity. So long as we remain in the physical body we need this physical body for thinking. It is very easy to see why the materialist does not arrive at the true. The materialist says: For heaven sake, can’t you see that you must have a brain if you are to think? And if you see this, you can also see that it is your brain which actually does the thinking. And if you see this, you can also see that it is your brain which actually does the thinking. This conclusion is about as clever as to say: I can prove that this track on the road has been made by the ground itself. I shall remove part of the ground and you will see that without it you are unable to walk. The ground is indeed a necessity—it is also necessary to have a brain to be able, when in the physical body, to think.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Lecture II","site_heading":"Three Kinds of Clairvoyance and Spiritual Consciousness","site_heading_note":"A heading the site wrote for this unit from a summary of it; not in the edition, and not the words of Rudolf Steiner or of the translator. 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Es gibt nichts im alltäglichen Leben, was nicht auf das Gehirn einen Eindruck machte. Geradeso wie jeder Schritt einen Eindruck in die Erde macht, und wie Sie nachweisen können, daß jeder Ihrer Schritte einen Eindruck erzeugt hat, so können Sie nachweisen, daß das, was da gewollt und gedacht wird, einen Eindruck, eine Wirkung auf das Gehirn ausübt. Aber das ist nur die Spur davon, das ist nur das, was zurückgelassen ist von dem Denken. Das Denken geht nämlich im Ätherleibe vor sich, und in Wahrheit ist alles das, was Sie als Denken empfinden, nichts als innere Tätigkeit des Ätherleibes. Solange wir im physischen Leibe sind, brauchen wir den physischen Leib für das Denken. Auch das ist sehr leicht einzusehen, warum der Materialist auf die Wahrheit nicht kommt. Der Materialist sagt: Um Gottes willen, da siehst du ja doch, daß du ein Gehirn haben mußt, sonst kannst du ja nicht denken! Also siehst du auch, daß dein Gehirn eigentlich das Denken macht. - Dieser Schluß ist gerade so gescheit, wie wenn einer sagte: Ich kann dir beweisen, daß diese Spur da auf dem Wege von dem Boden selber gemacht worden ist. Ich werde ein Stück von dem Boden wegräumen, und du wirst sehen, daß du ohne ihn nicht gehen kannst. 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