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He enquires in every case, in respect of the truths historically transmitted to him: Are they as evident as this ‘ *I think: therefore, I am*.’ If he can affirm this, then he accepts them.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"XI. Before the Door of the Spiritual Soul","site_heading":null,"date":null,"location":null,"word_count":154,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/26/l11/p009?edition=APC1956","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":null,"edition_coverage":{"de":["original"],"en":["APC1956","RSP1973"]},"available_versions":[{"lang":"de","edition":"original","edition_basis":null,"is_original":true,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/26/l17/p009","locus":"GA 26/l17/p009","anchor_mapped":true,"anchor_method":"curated","anchor_confidence":"high"},{"lang":"en","edition":"APC1956","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":false,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/26/l11/p009?edition=APC1956","paragraph_aligned":true},{"lang":"en","edition":"RSP1973","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/26/l11/p009","paragraph_aligned":true}],"german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"l17","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 26/l17/p009","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/26/l17/p009"},{"locus":"GA 26/l17/p010","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/26/l17/p010"}],"bead_confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":129,"en_words":154,"ratio":1.19,"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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