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Und der Zustand, in dem wir heute leben, der sozusagen eine vorläufige tiefste Verstrickung in die materielle Art des Wahrnehmens darstellt, er ist eben langsam und allmählich gekommen. Ein solcher Geist wie Dante hat noch die Möglichkeit gehabt - wir können das auch entnehmen aus der Darstellung, die er in der «Göttlichen Komödie» gibt —, sozusagen auf naturgemäße Weise letzte Reste eines unmittelbaren Verhältnisses mit den geistigen Welten wirklich zu erleben. Für den heutigen Menschen ist es ein törichter Unsinn, wenn man ihm zumuten wollte, daran zu glauben, dass er wie Dante sich erst in eine Beatrice verlieben und sich nachher in die Philosophie als in die zweite Liebschaft verstricken könnte und dass diese beiden — Beatrice in Fleisch und Blut und die Philosophie — ganz gleichartige Wesen wären. 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