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The human organism was literally thought of as a goal towards which all other living beings strive. They become more and more perfect in order to become like the human organism.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"7. 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Wir gelangen zu einem Verständnis, wenn wir uns vorstellen dasjenige, was Paulus eine Entwicklungslehre genannt hat. Nicht in gelehrter Weise, sondern nur andeutungsweise möchte ich es Ihnen erzählen. Es ist ein Aberglaube der modernen Wissenschaft, dass das Wort «Entwicklung» erst in den letzten Jahrhunderten entdeckt worden sei. Über Entwicklung, Hervorgehen des Vollkommenen aus dem Unvollkommenen, hat man immer gesprochen und gedacht. Nur hat der Geheimwissenschafter der Zeit, aus der Paulus herausgewachsen ist, gesagt: Die Lebewesen stellen eine Stufenfolge dar, vom unvollkommensten Wesen bis hinauf zum vollkommensten Wesen. Des Menschen Organisation hat man so förmlich als ein Ziel gedacht, zu dem alle anderen Lebewesen hinstreben. Sie vervollkommnen sich immer mehr, um so zu werden, wie der menschliche Organismus aufgebaut ist.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":150,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68b/1907-01-21/p013"}],"english":["GA 68b/1907-01-21/p013"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":150,"en_words":169,"ratio":1.13,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.06,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":7057,"original_word_count":6652,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA068b/English/SOL2024/19070121p01.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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