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Das bedeutet, wie ich Ihnen jetzt einige Male ausgeführt habe, daß wir gerade vorrücken dazu, daß im Bewußtsein nur die Spiegelung, nur Spiegelbilder vorhanden sind, da das Zeitalter der Bewußtseinsseele auch das Zeitalter des Intellektualismus ist. Das Abstraktionsvermögen so rein als eine Kunst auszubilden, das tut man eigentlich erst im Zeitalter des Intellektualismus. 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