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That is just the peculiar thing about this Asiatic civilisation, that it contains a tremendously strong instinct for altruism in men's inward nature, yet no possibility for the moment of realising 4t externally. On the contrary, if Asia were left to herself alone, this very fact, that she has this capacity for paying the inward basis of altruism, without any gift for realising it outwardly, would turn Asia into an appalling desert of civilisation.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"I. 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Das ist das Eigentümliche der asiatischen Kultur, daß die Gesinnung vorhanden ist, und daß diese Gesinnung innerlich ehrlich ist, daß aber kein Talent dazu vorhanden ist, diese Gesinnung im äußeren Leben zu verwirklichen. Und das ist sogar das Eigentümliche dieser asiatischen Kultur, daß sie einen ungeheuer bedeutsamen altruistischen Antrieb im Inneren der Menschennatur enthält und keine Möglichkeit, ihn äußerlich jetzt zu verwirklichen. Im Gegenteil, würde Asien allein bleiben, so würde durch diese Tatsache, daß Asien zwar die Möglichkeit hat, den Altruismus innerlich zu begründen, aber kein Talent, ihn äußerlich zu verwirklichen, eine furchtbare Zivilisationswüste werden. So daß man sagen kann: Von diesen drei Dingen, Impuls zur Kosmogonie, Impuls zur Freiheit, Impuls zum Altruismus, hat Asien das dritte am allermeisten in der inneren Gesinnung. 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