{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 55/1906-12-13/p032","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"The organism must necessarily incorporate what is outside in nature. All the harmless substances contained in the body have become so through the process indicated. However, as human beings are continuously exposed to substances that could become harmful, the possibility always exists that their effects go beyond the limit, and danger arises. This will depend upon whether the ether body is capable of absorbing the substance or not. If the organism is strong enough to absorb such a substance immediately, its tolerance greatly increases. We cannot avoid illness if we wish to be healthy. The possibility to gain sufficient strength to withstand harmful influences depends upon our capacity to become ill. Thus, health is conditioned by illness. The outcome, the gift bestowed upon us by illness, is greater strength. When the illness is overcome, the fruit of the experience is immunity to the illness, and this is retained even after death.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"V. Illness and Death","site_heading":null,"date":"1906-12-13","location":null,"word_count":151,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/55/1906-12-13/p032","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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Die Einverleibung der äußeren Welten und der Natur braucht der Organismus; aber dabei muß auch die Möglichkeit gegeben werden, daß die Sache wie ein Pendel hinüberschlägt nach der anderen Seite. Immer ist die Möglichkeit gegeben, wenn der Mensch sich solchen Stoffen aussetzt — und dem ist er in jedem Augenblick ausgesetzt —, daß das Mittel in seiner Wirkung sich überschlägt und schädigt, je nachdem, ob der Lebensleib geeignert ist, es aufzunehmen oder nicht. Dadurch wird der Organismus stark gegen das Mittel, wenn er im Augenblick stark genug ist, den Stoff in sich aufzunehmen. Es gibt keine Möglichkeit, der Krankheit zu entkommen, wenn man die Gesundheit haben will. Jede Möglichkeit, sich gegen die äußeren Einflüsse stark zu machen, beruht auf der Möglichkeit, Krankheit zu haben, krank zu sein. So ist die Krankheit die Bedingung der Gesundheit. Das ist ein ganz realer Werdegang. Das ist geradezu die Folgerung und Gabe der Krankheit, daß das Starke vom Menschen erworben werden muß. Was beim Ausschlagen des Pendels überlebt, das hat die Frucht der Immunität aus der Krankheit, — und sogar über den Tod hinaus.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":191,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/55/1906-12-13/p027"}],"english":["GA 55/1906-12-13/p032"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":191,"en_words":151,"ratio":0.79,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","reader"],"reader_german":["GA 55/1906-12-13/p027"]},"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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