Esoteric Lesson
GA 266a/1908-02-12/p003
·1908-02-12
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English
LowLow alignmentMost translators re-paragraphed Steiner substantially. The locus identifies the same chapter or section, but paragraph-N to paragraph-N mapping is loose. For exact-quotation precision, compare with the German.
The speaker of this passage is not asserted. This passage speaks ABOUT Rudolf Steiner in the third person, so it is most likely a report, minutes, or an editorial summary rather than his own words. Verbatim, but confirm the speaker before attributing anything here to him.
Record: listeners' notes. Written from listeners' notes, summaries, or memory rather than a shorthand transcript. The wording is the note-taker's as much as Steiner's: weigh a single striking phrase here far more cautiously than the same phrase in a stenographic volume, and do not rest an argument on one word. Evidence: «Gedächtnisaufzeichnungen von Teilnehmern sowie Notizen von Vorträgen» (Participants' records written from memory, and notes of lectures). Rudolf Steiner Verlag Gesamtverzeichnis 2022, volume subtitle. The translation is the maintainer's, not a published one.
Editorial note: The symbols and saying discussed in this lesson were apparently written on the blackboard by Rudolf Steiner at the beginning of the lesson and then explained. They are therefore also presented here: first in the form in which they appear in Rudolf Steiner's notebook Archive No. 381, followed by a slightly different version of the diagram from note B; this is followed by a summary by the editors of the names of the symbols, which are found in the individual notes, each from different perspectives.
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