{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 176/1917-08-14/p003","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"I spoke last time about the fact that, had evolution run its intended course, earthly man would not have strayed from his appointed place in the cosmic order. This is well known and is imaginatively expressed in various religions in such symbols as that of original sin and the like. Viewed in the light of spiritual science this aspect of mankind's evolution is directly connected with the fact that man's essential nature—that is, earthly man's essential nature—manifests itself through breathing. I indicated last time that the rhythm of the breath, and with it knowledge, cognition, was predestined to be man's most significant experience during his earth-existence. Last time I summarized briefly things spoken about on earlier occasions, namely that the rhythm of breathing is in wonderful harmony with the cosmos. I mentioned how, in a normal human life, the number of days equals the number of breaths drawn in one day. And I pointed to other numerical relationships which give evidence of the harmonious agreement that exists between our microcosmic breathing process and the great cosmic processes within which we are placed.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"3. Rhythm in Breathing and Cognition","site_heading":null,"date":"1917-08-14","location":null,"word_count":182,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/176/1917-08-14/p003","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Rita Stebbing","identified_edition":"AP1985","book_title":"The Karma of Materialism","publisher":"Anthroposophic Press","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA176/English/AP1985/19170814p01.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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Deshalb habe ich das letzte Mal darauf hingewiesen, daß der Atmungsrhythmus eigentlich so angesehen werden kann, daß der Mensch während seiner Erdenlaufbahn dazu bestimmt war, das wichtigste Erlebnis — und damit auch zugleich das Erkenntniserlebnis — im Atmungsrhythmus zu haben. Ich habe früher darauf hingewiesen und das letzte Mal die Sache summarisch wiederholt, daß gerade der Atmungsrhythmus in einer wunderbaren Harmonie mit dem ganzen Kosmos steht. Wie in einem normalen Menschenleben unsere Lebenstage in ihrer Zahl den Atemzügen an einem Tage gleichen, darauf und auch auf andere Zahlenverhältnisse habe ich hingewiesen, welche gewissermaßen das harmonische Zusammenstimmen unseres mikrokosmischen Atmungsprozesses mit den großen kosmischen Vorgängen zeigen können, in die unser Leben hineingestellt ist.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":199,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/176/1917-08-14/p003"}],"english":["GA 176/1917-08-14/p003"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":199,"en_words":182,"ratio":0.91,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":0.94,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":5540,"original_word_count":5878,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Rita Stebbing","identified_edition":"AP1985","book_title":"The Karma of Materialism","publisher":"Anthroposophic Press","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA176/English/AP1985/19170814p01.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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