{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 57/1908-12-17/p013","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"If we look at humans in contrast to plants, we see that plants are two-part beings. Plants have a physical body and an etheric body. We now compare humans with plants by taking a comprehensive approach and considering the inner, spiritual aspect. We relate the four-part human organism to the two-part organism of plants. To support this, we can start from physical, known facts. We can point out how the plant builds up its organism. It assembles inorganic substances to form its body. It has the power to assemble its body in the most wonderful way from individual inanimate components. We need only see how the plant interacts in a remarkable way with the respiratory process. Humans breathe in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. Plants can absorb the carbon dioxide, which is useless to humans. They retain the carbon to build their organism and return most of the oxygen. But they need something that many people may not consider special: they need sunlight. Without sunlight, they could not build their organism. The light that streams down to us to our delight, which can also invigorate us spiritually, is at the same time a great helper in building up the plant organism. We see how a miracle is taking place, how sunlight helps to build up an organic being. 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Wir brauchen ja nur einmal zu sehen, wie die Pflanze in merkwürdiger Wechselwirkung steht zum Atmungsprozeß. Der Mensch atmet Sauerstoff ein und gibt Kohlensäure von sich. Diese, die für den Menschen unbrauchbar ist, kann die Pflanze aufnehmen. Sie behält den Kohlenstoff zurück zum Aufbau ihres Organismus und gibt den Sauerstoff zum größten Teil wieder zurück. Aber sie braucht etwas dazu, was von vielen vielleicht nicht als etwas Besonderes aufgefaßt wird: sie braucht das Sonnenlicht. Ohne das Sonnenlicht könnte sie nicht ihren Organismus aufbauen. Das Licht, das zu unserem Entzücken zu uns strömt, das uns auch seelisch so beleben kann, ist zugleich der großartige Helfer zum Aufbau des pflanzlichen Organismus. Wir sehen, wie da ein Wunderwerk vor sich geht, wie das Sonnenlicht hilft, ein organisches Wesen aufzubauen. 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