{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 246/1908-08-17/p043","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Now, however, if we want to consider the matter completely, we need to outline something else. We have said that Aristotle pointed out that in everything that is around us it is necessary to distinguish between what is form (entelechy) and what is matter. Now we can say that in the process of cognition we arrive at form in the sense that has just been described. But is it also possible to get as far as the material? It should be noted that Aristotle understands the material to mean not only the material, but also the substance, that which also underlies reality as the spiritual. Is it possible not only to grasp what flows across, but also to crawl into things, to identify with matter? This question is also important for epistemology. It can only be answered by those who have immersed themselves in the nature of thinking, of pure thinking. One must first rise to this concept of pure thinking. According to Aristotle, we can describe pure thinking as actuality. It is pure form, it is initially, as it appears, without content in relation to the immediate individual things in sensory reality outside. Why? Let's take a look at how the pure concept arises in contrast to perception.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"12. 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Nun kann man sagen: Wir kommen im Erkenntnisprozess bis zur Form heran in dem Sinne, wie eben dargestellt worden ist. Gibt es aber nun auch eine Möglichkeit, bis zum Materiellen heranzukommen? Wohl gemerkt: Aristoteles versteht unter dem Materiellen nicht nur Stoffliches, sondern die Substanz, dasjenige, was auch als Geistiges der Wirklichkeit zugrunde liegt. Gibt es eine Möglichkeit, nicht nur das, was herüberfließt, zu begreifen, sondern auch in die Dinge hineinzukriechen, sich mit der Materie zu identifizieren? Diese Frage ist auch für die Erkenntnistheorie wichtig. Sie kann nur von demjenigen beantwortet werden, der sich in die Natur des Denkens, des reinen Denkens, vertieft hat. Zu diesem Begriff des reinen Denkens muss man sich erst aufschwingen. Das reine Denken können wir nach Aristoteles als Aktualität bezeichnen. Es ist reine Form, es ist zunächst, so wie es auftritt, ohne Inhalt in Bezug auf die unmittelbaren einzelnen Dinge in der sinnlichen Wirklichkeit draußen. Warum? 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