{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 174b/1917-05-11/p033","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Now, when speculating on the most blatant ignorance and on the will to the most blatant ignorance, people can, of course, be told all kinds of beautiful fairy tales: that one has turned green and blue, especially in the legs, by following such principles. And for those who want to make something esoteric out of thin air, these things can, of course, be used as slander. But precisely when we know that the things that are being done in anthroposophically oriented spiritual science are actually required by necessary needs, then we will be able to understand that such a measure as the one mentioned above must one day be taken, simply for the reason that it must be seen that the things at issue are meant seriously. Do not complain to me, who feels it just as hard as you do; complain to those whom I have clearly pointed out to you, and who make it impossible for such a measure to be avoided. Today it is very difficult for me, for reasons of principle, to have to refuse private conversations, which numerous members desire. Of course I also know that this will in turn be used against me, but I cannot act according to personal reasons, but according to what is necessary for our movement. That means that I must submit to the principle of taking what is said seriously, for whatever reason it may be taken as a pretext for calumny or slander by those who do not honestly want to refute spiritual science but who want to do away with it in some other way.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Ninth Lecture","site_heading":"Soul's Independence and Spiritual Science's Defense Against Slander","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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Aber eben gerade wenn wir wissen, daß die Dinge, die in der anthroposophisch orientierten Geisteswissenschaft getrieben werden, von notwendigen Bedürfnissen tatsächlich gefordert werden, dann werden wir es begreiflich finden können, daß eine solche Maßregel, wie die vorher erwähnte, einmal wirklich ergriffen werden muß; einfach aus dem Grunde, damit man sieht, daß die Dinge ernst gemeint sind, um welche es sich handelt. Beklagen Sie sich nicht bei mir, der es ebenso hart empfindet wie Sie; beklagen Sie sich bei denjenigen, auf die ich Sie deutlich hingewiesen habe, und die es unmöglich machen, daß eine solche Maßregel vermieden werde. Mir ist es heute sehr schwer, Privatgespräche, die ja zahlreiche Mitglieder wünschen, aus diesen prinzipiellen Gründen ablehnen zu müssen. Ich weiß selbstverständlich auch, daß dieses auch wiederum als Verleumdung gegen mich ausgenützt werden wird, aber ich kann mich nicht nach persönlichen Gründen richten, sondern nach dem muß ich mich richten, was für unsere Bewegung notwendig ist. Das heißt, ich muß mich fügen dem Prinzip, ernst zu machen mit dem, was immer wieder und wiederum auf der einen Seite Anlaß gibt zum Geflunker, auf der anderen Seite der Anlaß ist zu den Verunglimpfungen und Verleumdungen von seiten derjenigen, die nicht ehrlich Geisteswissenschaft widerlegen wollen, sondern die sie auf andere Weise aus der Welt schaffen wollen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":273,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/174b/1917-05-11/p033"}],"english":["GA 174b/1917-05-11/p033"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":273,"en_words":268,"ratio":0.98,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.02,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":9678,"original_word_count":9444,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"The Spiritual Background of Human History","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA174b/English/SOL2024/19170511p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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