{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 181/1918-05-21/p031","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Goethe could not rise to the division of the Mephistophelian figure into two, a Luciferic and an Ahrimanic, the time was not yet ripe for that. But the sense of this cleavage lived in Goethe's nature. In that we must learn to believe in the whole of man's life, not only in his childhood. We must learn to be able to lead a life full of expectation. Imagine if one were curious and were to ask: What shall I be like when I am 50? How many people foster such thoughts today? How many lead a life in which they believe that ever new content streams into the human soul? What alterations would come about in the social life of mankind if this believe in the whole life were held! What simple thought could lead to this believe in the whole life of man. The thoughts contained in the question: Would there be any sense in living to the age of 70, if we had finished our development at 28. If that were so why then should we grow older? But for that some assistance from natural science is certainly necessary, so that what appears as Spiritual Science can be connected with what is by science today taken seriously.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"VII. 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Welche Veränderungen würden auch im sozialen Leben der Menschheit vor sich gehen, wenn dieser Glaube an das ganze Leben die Menschen ergriffe! Und welcher einfache Gedanke könnte es sein, der zu diesem Glauben an das ganze Menschenleben hinführt? Der Gedanke, der in der Frage besteht: Hätte es denn einen Sinn, daß wir im Durchschnitt siebzig Jahre alt werden, wenn wir mit achtundzwanzig Jahren mit unserer Entwickelung fertig wären? Warum sollten wir dann älter werden? 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