{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 55/1907-02-28/p016","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"It must be realized that in the first seven years of life only what is described as the essence or extract of the former physical body is freed; this is what gives the physical its form, guiding its structural development. The organs grow larger, but their shape and function are inherent in them. It is of the greatest importance that everything in the environment of the growing child enables the physical structure to unfold in the best possible way. The essential aspect of this period can be summed up in two significant words: imitation and example. At this age the child Imitates everything that goes on or exists around him. It is this activity of imitation that coaxes the inner organs to develop their inherent form. The brain of a seven-year old may still be incomplete, but the foundation for the child's further development is laid, and any lack cannot be made up later. The appearance of the second teeth marks the end of the activity of the physical principle, which is the principle of structure and form. The teeth are the outwardly visible sign that the bones and joints and also the softer organs have consolidated. The influence of light is what entices the power of sight to the surface in the eyes.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"X. Stages in Man's Development in the Light of Spiritual Science","site_heading":null,"date":"1907-02-28","location":null,"word_count":214,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/55/1907-02-28/p016","alignment_confidence":"medium","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/AP1987/19070228p01.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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Wenn auch das Gehirn mit dem siebenten Jahre noch sehr unvollkommen ist, die Richtung hat es doch erhalten, und was ihm bis dahin vorenthalten ist, kann es später nicht mehr nachholen. In den Zähnen macht das physische Prinzip gleichsam Schlußpunkt, denn es ist das Prinzip des Gestaltens, des Formens. So wie die Zähne am anschaulichsten zeigen, daß die Glieder sich konsolidiert haben, so sind auch die anderen weicheren Organe bestimmt. Das Licht wirkt und lockt die Kraft des Auges an die Oberfläche. Wir haben erwähnt, daß es gut ist, dem Kinde mögJichst nicht fertige Puppen und derartiges zu geben; wir haben erwähnt, daß ein gesundes Kind nur für eine kurze Zeit Freude daran findet. Dagegen hat es seine Freude daran, wenn Sie eine Serviette zusammenbinden und mit Tintenklecksen Augen und Ohren machen und ihm als Spielzeug geben. Wie ein Muskel nur stark wird, wenn er angewendet wird, so ist es auch hier: jetzt muß das Kind arbeiten und das in der Phantasie aufbauen, was die Puppe nicht hat. Da wird der innere organische Aufbau bewirkt. Es ist daher von besonderer Bedeutung, daß man das Kind innerlich arbeiten läßt, in seine Umgebung das bringt, was die Organe durchströmt mit Freude und Lust und Genuß an der Umgebung. Das schafft Kraft für die Bildung der Organe. Durch nichts kann man die Organe mehr ruinieren, als wenn man dem Kinde nicht das Richtige zuführt. Die Phantasie, die in ihm tätig ist, arbeitet an den Formen seiner Organe, und nichts wäre verfehlter, als durch eine falsche Askese das Kind an ein lustloses Dasein gewöhnen zu wolJen. Freude ist der Praktiker in den ersten Lebensjahren, und die gesunden Lebensinstinkte sind die Bildner, die man nur nicht verderben soll. Die richtige Nahrung, dem Kinde gereicht, wird bewirken, daß das Kind Lust an der Ernährung bekommt, die ihm frommt; falsche Nahrung wird das Kind krank machen. Für jede Stufe, für alles weiß die Geisteswissenschaft da die nötigen Dinge. So müssen wir uns darüber klar sein, daß in den ersten sieben Jahren das Gattungsgemäße vorzugsweise herauskommt, denn das physische Prinzip arbeitet an dem Menschen, und ungestört müssen wir das Kind arbeiten lassen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":464,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/55/1907-02-28/p015"}],"english":["GA 55/1907-02-28/p016","GA 55/1907-02-28/p017"],"method":"length","confidence":"medium","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":464,"en_words":385,"ratio":0.83,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":0.91,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":4366,"original_word_count":4806,"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/AP1987/19070228p01.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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