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Man weiß ja heute, dass das physische Sprachzentrum auf der linken Seite des menschlichen Gehirnes liegt und dass dieses Sprachzentrum mit der Betätigungsfähigkeit des rechten Armes und der rechten Hand zusammenhängt; denn so ist die Verteilung. Aber nur beim Rechtshänder; bei den wenigen Linkshändern ist es immer so, dass das Sprachzentrum auf der rechten Seite des Gehirnes liegt. Daraus schon ist zu entnehmen, dass dasjenige, was als die eigentliche menschliche Tätigkeit, die Ich-Betätigung, überfließen will in die Geste des Armes, der Hand, dass diese gewissermaßen zurückgenommen wird, nicht als Bewegung im gewöhnlichen Leben zum Vorschein kommt, sondern eben sich umsetzt in die Lautsprache.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":125,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/277d/1924-04-20/p007"},{"locus":"GA 277d/1924-04-20/p008","passage_number":8,"text":"Dasjenige, was da in ganz richtiger Weise erfasst ist, kann aber immer weiter durchschaut werden, wenn man eben die anthroposophische Geisteswissenschaft treibt, wie sie hier am Goetheanum getrieben wird. Dann kommt man darauf, dass in der Tat nicht nur diese partielle Beziehung besteht, die ich eben auseinandergesetzt habe, sondern dass zwischen jeder Bewegungsmöglichkeit eines Gliedes — oder auch nur dem, was einer Bewegungsmöglichkeit ähnlich ist in den Gliedern - und zwischen demjenigen, was in Sprache und Gesang zum Vorschein kommt, eine Beziehung besteht, eine Beziehung, die eben so sich offenbart, dass für das gewöhnliche Leben, für das gewöhnliche Bewusstsein die Geste mehr oder weniger unterdrückt wird. Höchstens dann, wenn wir mit einem größeren Gemütsinhalte sprechen, als die ja besonders bei zivilisierten Sprachen ins Konventionelle hineingehende Lautsprache das kann, wenn wir mit einem größeren Gemütsinhalte sprechen wollen, so nehmen wir mehr oder weniger die Geste zu Hilfe. 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