{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 55/1906-12-13/p012","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Take for example a thinker like Schopenhauer. Those who have read this sentence will be acquainted with his pessimistic outlook: “Life is a disagreeable affair; I shall spend mine pondering it.” And they will realize that he could not arrive at any other conclusion than: “Basically death is the consolation for life, and life the consolation for death; for life is miserable; it can be endured only because of the knowledge that death puts an end to it. On the other hand, if one fears death, it is a consolation to know that life is no better, that nothing is lost by dying.” That is Schopenhauer's pessimistic view. He makes the Earth-Spirit say: “If new life is continuously to arise, then I need space.” At least Schopenhauer was aware that, as life forever brings forth new life, the old must die to provide new space. But as you can see, he provides nothing of significance to the problem of death; what he says elsewhere on the subject only reflects the same view.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"V. Illness and Death","site_heading":null,"date":"1906-12-13","location":null,"word_count":172,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/55/1906-12-13/p012","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Rita Stebbing","identified_edition":"AP1987","book_title":"Supersensible Knowledge","publisher":"Anthroposophic Press","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA055/English/AP1987/19061213p02.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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Sie kennen ja alle seine pessimistische Art zu denken, und wer einmal den Satz durchgegangen ist: «Das Leben ist eine mißliche Sache, und ich habe mir vorgenommen, das meinige damit hinzubringen, über dasselbe nachzudenken» — der wird begreifen, daß Schopenhauer kaum zu einer anderen Lösung gekommen ist als zu der: Eigentlich tröstet der Tod über das Leben und das Leben über den Tod; das Leben ist eine fatale Sache, und man könnte es nicht ertragen, wenn man nicht wüßte, daß der Tod es schließen würde; und wenn man die Furcht vor dem Tode hat, dann braucht man sich nur einmal klarzumachen, daß das Leben nicht besser sei und daß durch den Tod nichts weiter beschlossen ist. Das ist seine pessimistische Art zu denken, die nur einmal darüber hinausführt, wo er den Erdgeist sagen läßt: Ihr wollt, daß immer neues Leben entsteht, da muß ich Platz haben. Also sieht Schopenhauer in einer gewissen Beziehung in der Tatsache, daß das Leben sich fortpflanzt, immer neues Leben gebiert, die Notwendigkeit, daß das Alte sterben müsse, damit für das Neue Raum sei. Sonst weiß auch Schopenhauer gar nichts Erhebliches vorzubringen; denn alles, was er sonst sagt, atmet in diesen zwei Worten.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":201,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/55/1906-12-13/p009"}],"english":["GA 55/1906-12-13/p012"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":201,"en_words":172,"ratio":0.86,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":0.93,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":4576,"original_word_count":4907,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Rita Stebbing","identified_edition":"AP1987","book_title":"Supersensible Knowledge","publisher":"Anthroposophic Press","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA055/English/AP1987/19061213p02.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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