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If I manage to some extent to inscribe in your souls a picture of African Spir, something comes about which acts in a certain sense as a corrective of a wrong, and that is a task of spiritual science.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"1. 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Ja, sehen Sie, was da zu tun ist, das ist das, daß man eben von solch vergessenen Tönen im Geistesleben spricht. Und wenn ich einen solchen Denker wie African Spir mit ein paar Zügen hier vor Ihre Seelen hinstelle, so geschieht es nicht aus einem bloß theoretischen Grunde, um Ihnen etwas Interessantes zu erzählen, sondern um darauf aufmerksam zu machen: Unter uns ist eine geistige Welt von wirklichen Gedanken, die auch schon ein Denker gehegt hat; aber der Denker hütet die Gedanken. Wir müssen nur entwickeln ein gewisses pietätvolles Gefühl, ein gewisses Hinschauen zu dem Denker selbst, damit er sie uns herausgibt in einem gewissen Sinne, und wir durch sie befruchtet werden können. Deshalb ist es, daß ich gerne im Laufe der Betrachtungen auf solche vergessene Denker aufmerksam mache, weil dadurch eine Verbindung zu ihnen geschaffen wird, die eine Realität darstellt. Indem ich ein wenig das Bild des African Spir in Ihre Seelen hinein zeichne, wird etwas hergestellt, was in gewissem Sinne da sein soll zur Korrektur. 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