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Naturally, people would appear foolish, even to themselves, were they to say that the Earth has something to rest on, but they do not see how foolish it is not to realise that Spiritual Science, which is carried by its own inner resources, just as the heavenly bodies move by their own impulses, cannot rest on the ground of experiment and explanation. Were they only to be consistent in their judgments, they would see how, in the Spiritual Science intended here, every step is made with the utmost exactitude, and full accountability is taken for every statement concerning the world and the beings of the world.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"11. 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Alles auf Erden liegt auf einem festen Boden. Ihr Astronomen seid eigentlich Phantasten, denn ihr erzählt uns, daß die Erde frei im Himmelsraum schwebe. Ihr müßtet uns davon erzählen, daß sie auch irgendwo wie ein Felsklotz auf einem festen Boden ruht, wenn ihr vernünftig sprechen sollt. -— So ungefähr ist auch die Meinung derer, die von der Anthroposophie sprechen [und sagen], daß sie auf keinem festen Boden ruhe. Sie würden sich natürlich lächerlich vorkommen, wenn sie sagen würden, daß die Erde wie ein Felsklotz auf einem festen Boden aufruhen sollte; aber sie kommen sich gar nicht lächerlich vor, wenn sie nicht wissen, daß das, was innerlich sich tragen muß, wie sich die Himmelskörper selber innerlich tragen, nicht auf einem Boden des Experimentes oder der Erklärung aufsitzen kann. 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