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It conjured up the eye, which had become sensitive to light. And at the same time, Goethe suggests that there may be other, unknown and unrecognized abilities in human beings which, when developed, open up a new world, just as the eye, when it is brought forth, opens up the world of light and colors. 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So also ist im Sinne Goethes zu denken, was ich im Sinne der Geisteswissenschaft gesagt habe: daß in fernen Urzeiten das menschliche Wesen keine Augen gehabt habe, die Licht haben wahrnehmen können, daß die Augen hervorgegangen sind aus ganz anders gearteten Organen. Und welche Kraft war es, die diese Umwandlung vollbracht hat? Das Licht selber! Es hat hervorgezaubert das Auge, das lichtempfindlich geworden war. Und gleichzeitig deutet Goethe an, daß es vielleicht andere, unbekannte und verkannte Fähigkeiten im Menschen gibt, die, wenn sie entwickelt werden, geradeso eine neue Welt erschließen, wie das Auge, wenn es hervorgelockt wird, die Welt des Lichtes und der Farben erschließt. 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