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And again, when we are performing deeds, thought is active in us. It is inconceivable that anything should proceed from us in the way of actions or deeds—which may also take effect in the realm of social life—without our identifying ourselves in thought with what thus takes place. In everything that is of the nature of will, the element of thought is contained; and in everything that is of the nature of thought, will is present. It is essential to be quite clear about what is involved here if we seriously want to build the bridge between the moral-spiritual world order and natural-physical world order.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"III. 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Man braucht ja nur darüber nachzudenken, wie der Mensch befriedigt oder unbefriedigt sein kann von dem, was ihm als Handelnder gelingt oder nicht gelingt; man braucht nur daran zu denken, wie schließlich alles Handeln begleitet ist von Gefühlsimpulsen, und man wird sehen, daß in der Tat unser gefühlsmäßiges Wesen verbindet die beiden entgegengesetzten Pole: das betrachtende Element in uns und das handelnde Element in uns. Nur dadurch, daß wir betrachtende Wesen sind, werden wir im vollsten Sinne des Wortes eigentlich Mensch. Sie brauchen sich nur zu überlegen, wie alles, was Ihnen schließlich das Bewußtsein gibt, daß Sie Mensch sind, damit zusammenhängt, daß Sie die Welt, die Sie umgibt, in der Sie leben, innerlich gewissermaßen abbilden können, betrachten können. Zu denken, daß wir die Welt nicht betrachten können, würde bedeuten, daß wir unser ganzes Menschsein von uns abtun müssen. Als handelnde Menschen stehen wir drinnen im sozialen Leben. Und im Grunde genommen hat alles das, was wir zwischen Geburt und Tod vollbringen, eine gewisse soziale Bedeutung.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":224,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/202/1920-12-19/p003"},{"locus":"GA 202/1920-12-19/p004","passage_number":4,"text":"Nun wissen Sie, daß, insofern wir betrachtende Wesen sind, in uns der Gedanke lebt, insofern wir handelnde Wesen sind, also auch insofern wir soziale Wesen sind, in uns der Wille lebt. Es ist aber nicht so in der menschlichen Natur, wie es überhaupt in der Wirklichkeit nicht so ist, daß man verstandesmäßig die Dinge nebeneinanderstellen kann, sondern, was wirksam ist im Sein, das kann man nach der einen oder anderen Seite charakterisieren; die Dinge fließen ineinander, die Kräfte der Welt fließen ineinander. Wir können uns denkend vorstellen, daß wir ein Gedankenwesen sind, wir können uns denkend auch vorstellen, daß wir ein Willenswesen sind. Aber auch wenn wir kontemplativ, bei völliger äußerer Ruhe in Gedanken leben, so ist der Wille in uns dennoch fortwährend tätig. Und wiederum, wenn wir Handelnde sind, so ist in uns der Gedanke tätig. Es ist undenkbar, daß irgend etwas als Handlung von uns ausgeht, daß irgend etwas in das soziale Leben auch überspringe, ohne daß wir uns gedanklich mit dem, was so geschieht, identifizieren. In allem Willensartigen lebt das Gedankenartige, in allem Gedanklichen lebt das Willensartige. Und es ist durchaus notwendig, daß man gerade über die hier in Frage kommenden Dinge sich klar werde, wenn man jene Brücke, von der ich hier jetzt schon so oft gesprochen habe, im Ernste bauen will, die Brücke zwischen der moralisch-geistigen Weltordnung und der physisch-natürlichen Ordnung.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":226,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/202/1920-12-19/p004"}],"english":["GA 202/1920-12-19/p003","GA 202/1920-12-19/p004"],"method":"reader","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":450,"en_words":428,"ratio":0.95,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["reader"],"reader_german":["GA 202/1920-12-19/p003","GA 202/1920-12-19/p004"],"reader_part":true},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.04,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":4665,"original_word_count":4496,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Gerald F. 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