Esoteric Lesson

GA 266b/1912-02-22/p018 ·1912-02-22 · 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.
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» (Participants' records written from memory). Rudolf Steiner Verlag Gesamtverzeichnis 2022, volume subtitle. The translation is the maintainer's, not a published one.

The Chinese have the task of being the memory of humanity. They must now show humanity the spiritual treasures they have preserved from the past, for all obstacles have now been removed. It is not up to the Chinese to distinguish between memory and hallucination; that is the task of the Europeans. In the coming period, we will see that Europeans allow themselves to be confused by viewing what they experience as something new and wanting to introduce it. (See the new work on this subject: “China's Defense Against Europe” by Ku Hung Ming.)

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