{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 199/1920-09-18/p016","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Talent springs from within. Character, that is, the element of will, is formed in the stream of the world, in the exchange between inner and outer forces. The human being always has to defend himself against all that comes toward him from the outer world; the inner being has to react; it has to resist what comes from the outer world. This will developing element, which approaches man through the alternating communication with the external world, is confronted by an inner force from the opposite direction. This force accumulates in the larynx of the male, in the female in other organs. This accumulation, this collision between the outer element of will and the inner will element, is expressed in the transformation of the larynx or similar organs. 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Versuchen Sie zu vergleichen den neunzehnjährigen mit dem dreizehnjährigen Menschen und den Blick hinzuwenden auf das konkrete Willensleben. Das ganze Willensleben wird anders, es könnte ja sonst nicht das Liebegefühl in das Willensleben hineinkommen. Wiederum solch ein Umschwung im seelischen Leben! Wenn wir geisteswissenschaftlich erforschen, um was es sich handelt, kommen wir auf das Folgende: Wir wachsen immer mehr mit der Außenwelt zusammen, insbesondere in der Zeit vom Zahnwechsel bis zur Geschlechtsreife; wir ergreifen immer mehr von dieser Außenwelt, unser Wille wird immer orientierter und orientierter, wir lernen unseren Willen in Übereinstimmung bringen mit den Dingen und Vorgängen der Außenwelt. Wenn man den ganzen Komplex, der hier vorliegt, wirklich studiert, dann findet man, daß in dieser Zeit der Mensch sich aneignet, und zwar durch seinen Verkehr mit der äußeren Welt, nicht von innen heraus, das Willenselement. 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