V. The Act of Knowing (Cognizing) the World

GA 4/l05/p016 · RSPC1949 HighHigh alignmentThis translation's paragraph count matches the German original — the locus maps cleanly to the same paragraph in DE.

The nature of things has nothing to do with the way I am organized for apprehending them. The breach between perception and thinking exists only from the moment that I as spectator confront the things. Which elements do, and which do not, belong to the object, cannot depend at all on the manner in which I obtain my knowledge of these elements.

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Cite: GA 4/l05/p016 · edition RSPC1949 (Steiner 1918 revised edition)