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In order that what I now have to say may be better illustrated, I should like to make it clear to you by means of an example.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Pneumatosophy: The Riddles of the Inner Man","site_heading":null,"date":"1923-05-23","location":null,"word_count":171,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/224/1923-05-23/p008","alignment_confidence":"medium","alignment_reason":"beads:length+anchor_constrained","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Frances E. 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Das heutige wissenschaftliche Leben kennt ja eigentlich nur die Außenseite der Menschenwesenheit und kennt nicht die inneren Zusammenhänge des Menschen mit dem Weltenwesen, insofern das Weltenwesen geistig ist. Auf allen Gebieten hat sich die Menschheitszivilisation - wenn ich mich des Ausdruckes bedienen darf -— oder sagen wir die Menschheitskultur, zu einem gewissen Materialismus oder Naturalismus entwickelt. Glauben Sie nicht, daß ich hier gegen den Materialismus keifen will. Wenn der Materialismus in der Menschheitszivilisation nicht gekommen wäre, so wären die Menschen nicht frei geworden. Der Materialismus ist also eine notwendige Entwickelungsepoche in der Menschheit. Aber heute muß man sich darüber klarwerden, welche Wege wir gehen müssen, auch weiter in die Zukunft hinein. Und darüber müssen wir uns auf allen Gebieten klarwerden. Damit das besser illustriert ist, was ich Ihnen nun zu sagen habe, möchte ich Ihnen dies an einem Beispiel veranschaulichen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":154,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/224/1923-05-23/p008"}],"english":["GA 224/1923-05-23/p008"],"method":"length+anchor_constrained","confidence":"medium","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":154,"en_words":171,"ratio":1.11,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.02,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":9860,"original_word_count":9624,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Frances E. 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