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Only then (not before) is it time for the student to become aware of the disharmony between life as seen in terms of nature and life seen from the moral point of view. We should not overprotect children by glossing over certain facts of life—such as the fact that, apart from gratitude, love, and duty, the world is a duality seen with human eyes. However, if education is based on the principles elaborated here, students will be able to resolve this seeming disharmony in the world, especially at this particular age. Certain problems will deepen and enrich our students’ religious lives far more than if they were fed only the traditional sorts of religious instruction, which have to be accepted on faith. Such real meaning assures students that a bridge can be built across the abyss they have experienced for the first time, because it is a reality.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"XVI. 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Diese Konflikte sind bei fast allen denkenden Menschen der Gegenwart vorhanden, nur bleiben sie im Unterbewußten. Die Menschen gestehen sie sich nicht, sondern sie nehmen traditionelle Religionsbekenntnisse an und überbrücken sich innerlich dasjenige, was zunächst ja unüberbrückbar ist, wenn man nicht eben in dieser Weise vom Naturalistischen zum Geistigen aufsteigt, wie durch Anthroposophie versucht wird. Also für das spätere erwachsene Alter ist der Konflikt tief tragisch. Wird er gar etwa in das kindliche Alter vor dem elften Lebensjahre hineingetragen, erweist er sich direkt als das Seelenleben zerstörend. Es darf nichts in das kindliche Leben hineinspielen, was etwa das Kind schon dahin führen würde, sich zu sagen: Ja, ich lerne Zoologie, da finde ich nichts von Gott; ich lerne Religion, da finde ich einen Gott, aus dem heraus ich mir die Zoologie nicht erklären kann. -- In das kindliche Alter das hineinstellen, ist etwas Furchtbares, denn es bringt das Kind aus allem Lebensgeleise.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":256,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/303/1922-01-07/p031"},{"locus":"GA 303/1922-01-07/p032","passage_number":32,"text":"Aber eine solche Erziehung, wie ich sie in diesen Tagen geschildert habe, kommt ja gar nicht darauf, einen solchen Zwiespalt in das kindliche Alter hineinzulegen. Eine solche Erziehung berücksichtigt den wichtigen Lebenspunkt zwischen dem elften und zwölften Jahre, und alles dasjenige, was da beginnt und weitergeht. Da ist der richtige Lebenspunkt, wo der Mensch anfangen darf, die Disharmonie zwischen dem bloß naturalistisch Aufgefaßten und dem ethisch, dem moralisch Aufgefaßten zu empfinden. Und wir sollen den Menschen eben nicht so bequem erziehen, daß er nicht wenigstens in seinem Gefühlsleben neben Dankbarkeit, Liebe, duty, etwas mitempfindet von diesem Zwiespalt auf der Welt. Erziehen wir ihn aber so, wie es hier geschildert ist, dann kommt er gerade in diesem Lebensabschnitt in der richtigen Weise, indem er die Disharmonie empfindet, dazu, sie nach und nach in Harmonie aufzulösen. 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