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They might be wise, indeed infinitely wiser than modern humanity, but they were not ‘clever’ in the sense of cleverness today. Today we call a man clever who is able to produce thoughts out of himself, who is able to think logically—to bring one thought into connection with another, and so forth. In olden times there was no such thing—no such thing as Thoughts independently produced. The Thoughts were sent down to the earth at one and the same time with the Revelations that came to man from the spiritual world. Man did not think and ponder, but he received the spiritual content by Revelation, and he received it in such a way that the Thoughts came with it. Today we think and ponder about things. In those ancient times the impressions which the souls received brought the Thoughts with them. The Thoughts were inspired, not self-made Thoughts. Now he who ordered the Cosmic Intelligence which thus came to man along with the spiritual Revelations—he who ordered this Cosmic Intelligence, who had, so to speak, dominion over it,—is the same spiritual Being whom we, when we make use of our Christian terminology, call the Archangel Michael. He had to administer the Cosmic Intelligence in the cosmos.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":248,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/237/1924-07-28/p023","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1924-07-28","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 237/1924-07-28/p020","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/237/1924-07-28/p020"}],"bead_confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":234,"en_words":248,"ratio":1.06,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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He could think in no other way than this: Michael is acting on the earth, and I am the instrument through which he acts. Such was the conception, and this gave him the strength of will in deed and action. Nor did a thinker in that time think differently than thus, that Michael was working in him and giving him the thoughts.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":159,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/237/1924-07-28/p024","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1924-07-28","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 237/1924-07-28/p021","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/237/1924-07-28/p021"}],"bead_confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":142,"en_words":159,"ratio":1.12,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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It was a significant and incisive event to see the Intelligence pouring down, as it were, to the earth. By and by, I if may use this expression, the Intelligence was no longer to be found in the heavens; it was let down to earth.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":131,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/237/1924-07-28/p025","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1924-07-28","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 237/1924-07-28/p022","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/237/1924-07-28/p022"}],"bead_confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":127,"en_words":131,"ratio":1.03,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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In the earliest Christian centuries we still see those human beings who were capable of it, having at least a few glimpses of what was flowing to them with the content of Intelligence as revelations from beyond the earth. This went on even into the 8th or 9th century A.D. Then came the great moment of decision. It came in such a way that Michael and those who belonged to him, no matter whether incarnate or discarnate, must say to themselves: “Men upon earth are beginning to become intelligent themselves—beginning to bring forth their own power of understanding from within them. The Cosmic Intelligence can no longer be administered by Michael.” Michael felt that the dominion over the Cosmic Intelligence was passing from him—falling from his grasp. While down below—looking down on to the earth—they saw this new age of Intelligence, beginning from the 8th or 9th century onwards. 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We need only look into the works that arose out of Christian Scholasticism—that wonderful spiritual stream which is so entirely misunderstood today, by its supporters no less than by its opponents, because they do not observe its really important feature. We need only look into these Scholastic works and see how they wrestled to understand what is the real and deep significance of Concepts—of the content of Intelligence—for mankind and for the things of the world. The great conflict between Nominalism and Realism was developed especially in the Dominican Order. The ‘Nominalist’ sees no more than names in general concepts. The ‘Realist’ sees in them real spiritual content, made manifest in the things of the world. The whole of Scholasticism is a wrestling of mankind for a clear understanding of the Intelligence that is pouring in. No wonder that the main interest of those around Michael was directed above all to what was unfolding upon the earth in this Christian Scholasticism. 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He gathered them all—human souls who happened to be in the life between death and a new birth, and those, also belonging to his realm, who in their own evolution never enter into human bodies yet have a certain connection with mankind. You may imagine, those human souls especially were there, whom I have mentioned as the great teachers of Chartres. Among the greatest who at that time, at the beginning of the 15th century, were in the hosts of Michael and had their deeds to do in the spiritual world,—among the greatest of them was Alanus ab Insulis. But all the others too were there, those whom I have named as belonging to the School of Chartres. United with them were the others who by now had returned to the life between death and a new birth, who had come back again from the Order of the Dominicans. Souls, therefore, belonging to the Platonic stream were intimately united with souls who belonged to the Aristotelian times. 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Sie waren unter Umständen weise, unendlich viel weiser als die neuere Menschheit, aber sie waren nicht in dem Sinne dessen gescheit, was man heute gescheit nennt. Heute nennt man einen Menschen gescheit, der Gedanken aus sich selber produzieren kann, der logisch denken kann, der einen Gedanken mit dem anderen in Zusammenhang bringen kann und so weiter. Das gab es damals nicht. Selbständig erzeugte Gedanken gab es nicht in alten Zeiten. Die Gedanken wurden mit den Offenbarungen, die einem aus der geistigen Welt kamen, zu gleicher Zeit auf die Erde heruntergeschickt. Man dachte nicht nach, sondern man empfing den geistigen Inhalt durch Offenbarung, aber man empfing ihn so, daß die Gedanken dabei waren. Heute denkt man über die Dinge nach; dazumal brachten die seelischen Eindrücke die Gedanken mit, Die Gedanken waren inspirierte Gedanken, nicht selbstgedachte Gedanken. Und derjenige, der die kosmische Intelligenz, die in dieser Weise sich mit den geistigen Offenbarungen zur Menschheit begab, ordnete, der im besonderen über diese kosmische Intelligenz sozusagen die Herrschaft hatte, das ist eben diejenige geistige Wesenheit, die wir, wenn wir uns der christlichen Terminologie bedienen, als den Erzengel Michael bezeichnen. Er hatte im Kosmos die Verwaltung der kosmischen Intelligenz.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":234,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/237/1924-07-28/p020"},{"locus":"GA 237/1924-07-28/p021","passage_number":21,"text":"Man muß sich nur klarmachen, was das heißt. Denn wenn auch in etwas anderem Ideenzusammenhange, so hatte doch ein Mensch wie zum Beispiel Alexander der Große durchaus ein deutliches Bewußtsein davon, daß ihm seine Gedanken auf dem Michaels-Wege kamen. Gewiß, die entsprechende geistige Wesenheit hieß anders. Wir bedienen uns hier der christlichen Terminologie, aber die Terminologie macht es ja nicht aus. Als nichts anderes sah sich ein solcher Mensch wie Alexander der Große an denn als einen Missionar des Michael, als ein Werkzeug des Michael. Er konnte gar nicht anders denken als: Michael handelt eigentlich auf der Erde, und ich bin derjenige, durch den er handelt. So war die Auffassung. Das gab ja auch die Kraft des Willens zu den Taten. Und ein Denker in der damaligen Zeit dachte auch nicht anders, als: Michael wirkt in ihm und gibt ihm die Gedanken.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":142,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/237/1924-07-28/p021"},{"locus":"GA 237/1924-07-28/p022","passage_number":22,"text":"Verbunden war mit diesem Herabsteigen des Christus auf die Erde dieses, daß nun Michael mit den Seinen nicht nur diesen Abschied des Christus von der Sonne sah, sondern er sah vor allen Dingen, wie ihm, dem Michael, die Herrschaft über die kosmische Intelligenz allmählich entfällt. Man sah ganz deutlich dazumal von der Sonne aus, daß nicht mehr aus der geistigen Welt die Dinge an den Menschen herankommen werden mit dem intelligenten Inhalte, sondern daß der Mensch selber zu seiner Intelligenz auf der Erde einmal gelangen müsse. Es war ein einschneidendes, ein bedeutsames Ereignis, gewissermaßen hinunterströmen zu sehen auf die Erde die Intelligenz. Sie ward nach und nach nicht mehr — wenn ich mich des Ausdruckes bedienen darf in den Himmeln gefunden, sie ward auf die Erde hinuntergelassen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":127,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/237/1924-07-28/p022"},{"locus":"GA 237/1924-07-28/p023","passage_number":23,"text":"Und in den ersten christlichen Jahrhunderten erfüllte sich das besonders. Wir sehen, wie noch die Menschen, die solches vermochten, in den ersten christlichen Jahrhunderten wenigstens manche Einblicke hatten in dasjenige, was mit dem Inhalt der Intelligenz ihnen zuströmte aus den überirdischen Offenbarungen. Das dauerte noch so bis in das 8., 9. nachchristliche Jahrhundert. Dann kam die große Entscheidung. Dann kam die Entscheidung so, daß sich ja Michael und die Seinigen, gleichgültig ob sie nun verkörpert oder entkörpert waren, sagen mußten: Die Menschen auf der Erde beginnen intelligent zu werden, den eigenen Verstand aus sich herauszubringen; aber die kosmische Intelligenz kann nicht mehr von Michael verwaltet werden. Michael spürte, wie ihm die Herrschaft über die kosmische Intelligenz entschwand. Und unten, wenn man auf die Erde hinsah, da sah man, wie vom 8., 9. Jahrhundert ab dieses intelligente Zeitalter begann und die Menschen anfingen, die eigenen Gedanken sich zu bilden.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":148,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/237/1924-07-28/p023"},{"locus":"GA 237/1924-07-28/p024","passage_number":24,"text":"Nun habe ich Ihnen dargestellt, wie in einzelnen besonderen Schulen, zum Beispiel in der großen Schule von Chartres, die Traditionen fortgepflanzt worden waren von demjenigen, was einstmals, in kosmische Intelligenz getaucht, den Menschen sich offenbarte. Ich habe Ihnen dargestellt, was alles in dieser Schule von Chartres, insbesondere im 12. Jahrhundert, geleistet worden ist, und ich versuchte auch darzustellen, wie dann übergegangen ist namentlich an einzelne Mitglieder des Dominikanerordens geradezu die Verwaltung der Intelligenz auf Erden. Man schaue sich nur einmal an die Werke, die aus der christlichen Scholastik erwachsen sind, aus jener wunderbaren Geistesströmung, die sowohl von ihren Anhängern wie von ihren Gegnern heute ganz verkannt wird, weil sie nicht nach ihrer Hauptsache angesehen wird. Man sehe sich an, wie da gerungen wird, zu erkennen, was Begriffe eigentlich bedeuten, was der intelligente Inhalt für die Menschheit und für die Dinge der Welt eigentlich bedeutet. Der große Streit zwischen Nominalismus und Realismus entwickelt sich namentlich innerhalb des Dominikanerordens. Die einen sehen in den allgemeinen Begriffen nur Namen, die anderen sehen in den allgemeinen Begriffen geistige Inhalte, die sich in den Dingen offenbaren.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":181,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/237/1924-07-28/p024"},{"locus":"GA 237/1924-07-28/p025","passage_number":25,"text":"Die ganze Scholastik ist ein Ringen der Menschen nach Klarheit über die hereinströmende Intelligenz. Kein Wunder, daß das Hauptinteresse derer, die um Michael waren, sich gerade dem zuwendete, was da als Scholastik auf Erden sich entfaltete. Man sieht in dem, was Thomas von Aquino und seine Schüler, was andere Scholastiker geltend machen, die irdische Ausprägung dessen, was dazumal Michael-Strömung war. Michael-Strömung: Verwaltung der Intelligenz, der lichtvollen, der spirituellen Intelligenz.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":69,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/237/1924-07-28/p025"},{"locus":"GA 237/1924-07-28/p026","passage_number":26,"text":"Jetzt war sie auf der Erde, diese Intelligenz. Jetzt mußte man über ihren Sinn in Klarheit kommen. Von der geistigen Welt aus gesehen, konnte man unten schauen auf der Erde, wie dasjenige, was in den Bereich des Michael gehört, sich nun unten, außer der Herrschaft des Michael, gerade bei der beginnenden Herrschaft des Gabriel entfaltete. Initiationsweisheit, Rosenkreuzerweisheit, wie sie sich dann ausbreitete, bestand ja darinnen, daß man einige Klarheit hatte über diese Verhältnisse. Gerade in dieser Zeit ist es bedeutsam, hinzuschauen auf die Art und Weise, wie das Irdische zusammenhängt mit dem Übersinnlichen. Denn das Irdische nimmt sich so aus, als ob es gewissermaßen losgerissen wäre von dem Übersinnlichen — aber es hängt zusammen! Und Sie können ja sehen aus dem, was ich in den letzten Stunden dargestellt habe, wie es zusammenhängt. Dasjenige, was übersinnliche Tatsachen sind, kann ich nun nur in Bildern, in Imaginationen zusammenfassen. Das kann man nicht durch abstrakte Begriffe darstellen, da muß man bildhaft schildern. Deshalb muß ich schildern, was sich nun im Beginne desjenigen Zeitalters, in dem sich die Bewußtseinsseele und damit die Intelligenz in die Menschheit eingliederte, zutrug.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":184,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/237/1924-07-28/p026"},{"locus":"GA 237/1924-07-28/p027","passage_number":27,"text":"Es waren schon einige Jahrhunderte her, seit Michael auf der Erde hatte ankommen sehen im 9. nachchristlichen Jahrhundert dasjenige, was früher kosmische Intelligenz war. Und er sah es fortströmen auf der Erde, fortströmen jetzt namentlich in der Scholastik. Das war unten. Er aber sammelte diejenigen, die in seinen Bereich gehören im Sonnengebiete, er sammelte sie, ob sie nun Menschenseelen waren, die gerade in dem Leben zwischen dem Tode und einer neuen Geburt waren, er sammelte auch diejenigen, die zu seinem Bereiche gehören und die niemals in menschlichen Leibern ihre Entwickelung finden, die aber einen gewissen Zusammenhang mit der Menschheit haben. Sie können sich denken, daß insbesondere diejenigen Menschenseelen da waren, welche ich Ihnen angeführt habe als die großen Lehrer von Chartres. Einer der bedeutendsten, die damals unter den Scharen des Michael im beginnenden 15. Jahrhundert in übersinnlichen Welten ihre Taten zu verrichten hatten, war ja Alanus ab Insulis. Aber auch alle anderen, die ich Ihnen genannt habe als der Schule von Chartres angehörig, sie waren vereinigt mit denen, die nun auch schon wieder in dem Leben zwischen dem Tod und einer neuen Geburt angekommen waren, die aus dem Dominikanerorden entstammten; Seelen, die der platonischen Strömung angehörten, waren da innig vereinigt mit denjenigen Seelen, die der aristotelischen Strömung angehörten. Alles das hatten diese Seelen durchgemacht, was gerade Michael-Impulse sind. Viele dieser Seelen lebten so, daß sie das Mysterium von Golgatha nicht vom Erdenaspekt aus, sondern vom Aspekt der Sonne aus mitgemacht hatten. Sie waren dazumal im Beginne des 15. 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