Human Knowledge and Its Significance for Man and the Cosmos
GA 170/1916-08-07/p022
·1916-08-07
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The substance which man receives as nourishment, however, must be for him. And in the same way, our knowledge must be rendered fit for the Gods by our attitude towards it. Indeed the healthy evolution of mankind depends very largely upon whether this kind of feeling is developed.
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