59. Eurythmy Performance

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Therefore, this eurythmic art will come so far that it will be able to present itself as a fully-fledged art alongside its other, older sisters, who, after all, have the advantage of age over it. But it has, in my opinion, the advantage over the other, older arts that it can really make use of everything that is inherent in the human organization itself as a means of expression. And it is still true what Goethe said: that when “man is placed at the summit of nature, he sees himself again as a whole nature, which in turn has to produce a summit. To do this, he rises to the challenge by permeating himself with all perfections and virtues, invoking choice, order, harmony and meaning, and finally

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