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But this is not true; we must keep in mind that certain earthly feelings we associate with our concepts lose their meaning when we go beyond the earthly realm. Thus we cannot say that there are good gods on the one hand and the evil gods Ahriman and Lucifer on the other. We must not assume that a trial should be held in the universe where a highly qualified cosmic judge would sit on the cosmic judgment seat and sentence Lucifer and Ahriman to be locked up once and for all, so that only the good gods can get to work. True, locking somebody up can at times make sense in earthly life; in the cosmos it would not make any sense because there such ideas and concepts have no meaning. 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Only in this way can we arrive from within ourselves at the unity indicated by the term “humanity.” Thus, the gods allowed humanity to be fragmented by the opposing forces, so that later, after their bodily nature had been thus separated, human beings could again be brought into a unity in their spiritual nature through Christ.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":89,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/165/1916-01-09/p035","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1916-01-09","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 165/1916-01-09/p024","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/165/1916-01-09/p024"}],"bead_confidence":"high","length_check":{"de_words":450,"en_words":469,"ratio":1.04,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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Da erscheint uns selbstverständlich dasjenige, was durch Widerpart entsteht, was von der andern Seite her durch die Gegnerschaft von Luzifer und Ahriman entsteht, nicht wie etwas absolut Böses, nur wie ein relativ Böses. Nehmen wir nämlich auch die andere Seite der Sache in Betracht. Denken wir uns, der ursprüngliche göttliche Weltenplan mit der Erde wäre erfüllt worden; es wäre wirklich in regelmäßiger Weise, wie ich es angedeutet habe, der griechisch-lateinische Zeitraum herangekommen, und jener schöne, harmonische Menschentypus, von dem die Griechen geträumt haben, wäre nicht nur von den griechischen Bildhauern geformt worden, sondern wäre unter den Menschen umhergegangen und hätte immer mehr und mehr Platz gegriffen über die ganze Erde hin. Es wären nach und nach alle andern Menschenformen verschwunden, und nur dasjenige, was in der Veranlagung des Apollo-, des Zeustypus, des Dianatypus, des Athenetypus lebte, wäre über die Erde gewandelt und hätte, weil es sich erkannt hätte in der äußeren Anschauung, sich den Menschennamen gegeben. Es wäre der Menschenname möglich geworden, es wäre auch die Empfindung möglich geworden von der Gleichheit aller Menschen. Man möchte sagen, ein Menschentum in griechischer Schönheit hätte sich allmählich über die Erde ausgebreitet, und in unserer Zeit würde man schon sehen, wie die Menschheit hintendierte zu immer gleicherem Annähern an diesen griechischen schönen Menschentypus, der in seiner Fülle erreicht worden wäre, wenn die Erde an ihrem Ziel in der siebenten nachatlantischen Periode angekommen und zu anderer Daseinsstufe weitergeschritten wäre. Aber die Menschen würden in Unfreiheit — das müssen wir festhalten — zu dieser menschlichen Gemeinsamkeit gekommen sein. Der Mensch würde gezwungen worden sein, sich über die ganze Erde hin als ein gleiches Wesen anzusehen. All das, was unter die Menschen gekommen ist, sich als ungleich anzusehen, so daß der eine den andern nicht wie sich selber ansieht, der eine den andern nicht liebt wie sich selber, all das ist dadurch möglich geworden, daß eben nicht eine solche gleiche Gestalt gekommen ist. Sie können vielleicht fühlen, wenn wirklich das gekommen wäre, daß im Äußeren sich die Menschen so gleich geworden wären, wie sie hätten durch die ursprünglich göttlich-geistigen Kräfte werden sollen ohne den luziferisch-ahrimanischen Einschlag, dann hätte sich damit auch die Empfindung ausgebildet, daß man den Nächsten lieben muß wie sich selber; man hätte gar nicht anders gekonnt. Es wäre jedes andere ein Unsinn gewesen, ein Unsinn des Gefühls, ein Unsinn des Empfindens. Dasjenige aber, was nicht von außen kommen durfte, weil es den Menschen wie zu einem automatisch Liebenden gemacht hätte, zu einem solchen, der zwar in dem andern Menschen seinesgleichen geliebt hätte, aber nicht gewußt hätte, welche Kraft ihn zu diesem Lieben antreibt, dasjenige, was also in Unfreiheit gekommen wäre, das wurde gerade zur Freiheit dadurch vorbereitet, daß zugelassen wurde die Gegnerschaft. Dieses Zulassen der Gegnerschaft liegt also im ursprünglichen Weisheitsplane. Man kann sogar sagen: Wenn man weiter zurückgeht in der Erdenentwickelung, so wird erst die Gegnerschaft gegen die gleichmäßig fortschreitenden göttlich-geistigen Kräfte geschaffen, damit dann diese Gegnerschaft da sein könne und die Freiheit bewirken könne.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":508,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/165/1916-01-09/p023"},{"locus":"GA 165/1916-01-09/p024","passage_number":24,"text":"Da sind wir an einem Punkt, wo man einsehen muß, daß die Begriffe etwas anders werden müssen, sobald man aus der physischen Betrachtung hinaufkommit in eine höhere Betrachtung. Es wird vielleicht manchem von Ihnen bekannt sein, daß man in der Philosophie von Antinomien spricht, daß Kant sogar nachgewiesen hat: Man kann mit demselben Recht beweisen «die Welt ist räumlich unendlich», und «die Welt ist räumlich begrenzt»; «die Welt hat einen Anfang genommen», und «die Welt hat nie einen Anfang genommen»; das eine wie das andere kann man in gleicher Weise streng notwendig beweisen. Warum? Weil die Logik aufhört, wenn man an dasjenige kommt, was man nicht mehr physisch erfassen kann. Man muß endlich einsehen lernen, daß nicht nur für dasjenige, worauf die Philosophen gekommen sind, diese menschliche physische Logik aufhört, sondern daß sie überhaupt aufhört, wenn man in andere als physische Daseinsformen einen Blick hineinwirft. Man darf sich nicht hinstellen und die Gegnerschaft von Luzifer und Ahriman so betrachten, wie man die Gegnerschaft eines guten und eines bösen Menschen auf Erden betrachtet. Die Fehler entstehen eben dadurch, daß man immerzu das Irdische auf das Außerirdische überträgt. Die meisten Menschen stellen sich unter Luzifer und Ahriman böse Wesenheiten vor, nur recht gesteigert, recht, recht gesteigert ins Unendliche hinaus. Aber so ist die Sache nicht, sondern man muß zugleich wissen, daß gewisse irdische Empfindungsnuancen, die wir mit den Begriffen verbinden, ihren Sinn verlieren, wenn man über das Irdische hinauskommt. So daß man nicht sagen kann: Da haben wir auf der einen Seite die guten Götter, auf der andern Seite die bösen Götter Luzifer und Ahriman -, und folgert dann, da müßte eigentlich im Weltenall Gericht gehalten werden; da müßte sich nun ein besonders hochgraduierter Weltenjurist auf den Weltengerichtsstuhl setzen und ein für allemal Luzifer und Ahriman einsperren; sie sollten eigentlich eingesperrt sein, damit die guten Götter nur hereinwirken können. — Gewiß, das kann im Erdenleben einen Sinn haben, daß man jemand einsperrt. Im Weltenall würde das keinen Sinn haben, denn da verlieren auch solche Begriffe ihre Bedeutung. Diese Gegnerschaften haben sich die guten Götter einst selber geschaffen, allerdings in einer vorigen Zeit, damit auf diese Weise sie ihre volle Kraft einsetzen können für diejenige Entwickelungsrichtung, die ich angedeutet habe. Damit da die Freiheit hineinkommen kann, damit der Mensch nicht durch äußere Anordnung der Formen zu einer unfreien Liebe kommen kann, haben sie das luziferische und ahrimanische Element aufgenommen, damit der Mensch von innen heraus zu einer Einheitlichkeit des Menschennamens über die ganze Erde hin kommen kann, von innen heraus. 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