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Dagegen sagte die Theosophie zu allen Zeiten: wir erkennen auch eine solche Entwicklung an, wir stehen durchaus auf dem Boden solcher Entwicklung, wir erkennen an, daß es einen gewaltigen Unterschied gibt zwischen der vollkommenen Gestalt des Menschen und einem niederen Tiere, das im Meerschlamme lebt und kaum dem mit dem Mikroskop bewaffneten Auge sichtbar ist. Durch wie viele Zwischenstufen muß der Mensch hindurchschreiten, wenn er vom Unvollkommenen zum Vollkommenen vorrückt! Als ebenso wirklich und real sieht der Geisteswissenschafter die Entwicklung der Seele und des Geistes an. Er sieht ebenso große Unterschiede zwischen solchen Individualitäten, die Eingeweihte geworden sind, die in einem höheren Grade die in der Seele eines jeden Menschen liegenden Eigenschaften zu göttlichem Schauen gebrauchen, und demjenigen Menschen, der kaum die ersten Keime der Seelentätigkeit entwickelt hat. 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