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Those who can experience how words reveal the genius of language (as described a previous meeting) will be able to sense my meaning. It is true that anyone who, without further ado, translates simply according to what one finds in a dictionary, would translate the word duty into the German word Pflicht. But this word does not meet the need at all. As a noun, formed from the verb pflegen, it comes from a very different region of the soul. One would have to approach this matter very differently if we were to base it on Pflicht. This difficulty of finding the right word presents another example of how differently people are constituted in various parts of the earth. If we aim to be conscientious and correct in our use of language, we cannot translate duty with Pflicht to express the third mood of soul, because it would not reflect the truth. It would be a lie, even if only a technical one.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"XVI. 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Und wir finden dann in uns, weil gewollt werden muß im Leben, unsere Instinkte, wir finden unsere Triebe, unsere Emotionen. Und in dem Augenblicke, wo wir zum Ethischen und dann zum Religiösen übergehen wollen, müssen wir uns bewußt werden, daß in die Instinkte, daß in die Triebe, in die Emotionen dasjenige einfließen muß, was uns im wahren Sinne des Wortes zum Menschen macht, dasjenige, was wir schließlich finden, wenn wir erkennend das Weltenall betrachten und den Menschen darinnen finden, dasjenige, was eine alte Tradition ausspricht, indem sie das Wort prägt: «Der Mensch ist ein Abbild der Gottheit.» Nur wenn wir eine solche Gesinnung in das Wollen hineintragen können, daß bis in unsere Instinktimpulse noch erkennbar ist, daß der Mensch das Ebenbild Gottes ist, entsteht ein solches Wollen, das einen ethischen und auch schon religiös gefärbten Charakter trägt. Dann kann der Mensch sich bewußt sein: er bleibt in seinem Wollen wahrhaft Mensch.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":262,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/303/1922-01-07/p024"},{"locus":"GA 303/1922-01-07/p025","passage_number":25,"text":"Und indem der Mensch seine Willensimpulse so in die Welt hineinsetzt, daß er bis in das Instinktleben hinunter so sich der Menschheit vorstellt, daß sie ihn als Menschen anerkennen kann, was tut er dann? Was führt er aus? Ja, er führt dasjenige aus, was nun das dritte Element ist. Er entwickelt ein Fühlen gegenüber seinem Menschlichen, das er ins Handeln, ins Wollen hineingießt. Und dafür habe ich nun kein deutsches Wort. Ich muß also hier, um verständlich zu werden, das Wort «duty» nehmen. Es gibt für «duty» keine deutsche Übersetzung. Das müßte derjenige fühlen, der die Worte in dem Sinne, wie ich das in diesen Tagen auseinandergesetzt habe, als hervorgehend aus dem Volksgeiste empfindet. Denn wollte ich zu diesem Elemente übergehen aus dem deutschen Volksgeiste heraus, dann müßte ich allerdings sagen: dasjenige, was nun der lexikographisch Übersetzende, so oberflächlich über die Dinge hinstreifend, hinschreiben würde, wenn er das englische Wort «duty» findet, er würde es mit «Pflicht» übersetzen; aber «Pflicht» hat in seiner Empfindungsnuance gar nichts mit dem zu tun, was ich nun auseinandergesetzt habe, um zu «duty» zu führen. Denn «Pflicht» ist das Substantivum zu «pflegen» und kommt aus einem ganz anderen Lebensgebiete heraus, so daß man die ganze Auseinandersetzung jetzt anders gestalten müßte, als ich sie eben angestellt habe, wenn man dasjenige, was in dem Wort «Pflicht» liegt, auseinandersetzen wollte.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":222,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/303/1922-01-07/p025"},{"locus":"GA 303/1922-01-07/p026","passage_number":26,"text":"Sie haben hier wiederum ein Beispiel davon, wie differenziert die Menschheit über die Erde hin ist. 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